{"id":131,"date":"2013-03-27T11:03:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T06:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iransview.ir\/?p=131"},"modified":"2013-04-18T01:17:34","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T20:47:34","slug":"deeper-look-at-the-iranian-leaders-new-years-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iransview.com\/deeper-look-at-the-iranian-leaders-new-years-speech\/131\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deeper Look At The Iranian Leader’s New Year’s Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, The supreme leader of Iran on March 21, 2013 (Persian year 1392), in\u00a0his most important annual speech\u00a0<\/a>which he makes on the first day of each Persian New Year, evaluated sanctions against Iran and their effects on the country during this last year (1391).<\/span><\/p>\n

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He described Iran’s condition in this last year as \u201ca vast arena that is full of challenges, and the Iranian nation has been proud and victorious in this arena despite the will of the enemies.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
However, \u201cthe sanctions have had an effect, but not the effect that the enemies wanted,\u201d Ayatollah Khamenei added.<\/span><\/div>\n
In fact, Iran\u2019s leader believes that as a result of his country\u2019s resistance, The U.S. and several European countries couldn\u2019t reach the goals they were pursuing from sanctions. So this fact, despite all the damages and difficulties for Iran, means a victory for the country.<\/span><\/div>\n
Ayatollah Khamenei underlined that \u201ccrippling the Iranian nation\u201d was the main goal of the U.S. and its European allies and said: \u201cThe incompetent lady who was responsible for America’s foreign policy (Hillary Clinton) boldly announced that they wanted to impose certain sanctions on the Islamic Republic in order to cripple Iran.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
But this goal\u00a0couldn’t\u00a0be achieved because of the \u201cresistance of the Iranian nation\u201d and \u201cthe measures of the government\u201d. So the country despite all the pain, continues its life without retreating on the issue of differences with the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u201c[Of course] sanctions have had an effect, which is because of an essential flaw that we are suffering from. The flaw that our economy is suffering from is that it is dependent on oil,\u201d Ayatollah Khamenei said.<\/span><\/div>\n
One of most important points that can be understood from Ayatollah Khamenei\u2019s speech is that despite his admittance of the effectiveness of sanctions and despite all structural weaknesses of Iran \u2018s economy, he didn\u2019t show any sign of political retreat.<\/span><\/div>\n
Actually, Iran\u2019s leader thinks the only solution to all the country\u2019s problems is resolving weaknesses, even when they seem insoluble:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201c[ I told them that] they (the government) should act in a way that we could shut down our oil wells whenever we wanted to,\u201d but \u201cThe so-called \u2018technocrats\u2019 smiled in disbelief, as if to say, Is that even possible?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Ayatollah Khamenei believes that \u201conly see[ing] the weaknesses\u201d is a \u201cflawed outlook\u201d and one should see the developments and successes besides the weaknesses.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u201cToday there is a massive propaganda network in the world with thousands of different types of media outlets whose goal is to prove that there are no advances in Iran, to deny the victories that the Iranian nation has achieved.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cLets Not Deny Our Success\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
Iran\u2019s leader described the previous Persian year 1391 as \u201cone the busiest years for our enemies.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Ayatollah Khamenei says: \u201cthe main den of designing machinations against the Iranian nation\u201d is the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cIn his official addresses, the American president speaks about Iran’s economic problems as if he is speaking about his victories,\u201d Khamenei said.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOf course, he has not mentioned the strengths that our nation enjoys\u201d.<\/span><\/div>\n
Ayatollah Khamenei also mentioned Britain as one of Iran\u2019s enemies and labeled it as the \u201cEvil English government\u201d which \u201cis not independent, so one cannot consider them a separate enemy. It is a follower of America.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Iran\u2019s leader made his most severe responses to Israeli threats of military action against Iran:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cThey themselves know – and if they do not, they should know – that if they make a wrong move, the Islamic Republic will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
Ayatollah Khamenei again stressed the popularity of the Islamic Republic by pointing to the vast presence of people in the anniversary of the revolution march.<\/span><\/div>\n
He said that the \u201cenemies of Iran\u201d failed on \u201cprevent[ing] the Islamic Republic from promoting and implementing its policies in the region, in the world and in the country.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
On one the most important parts of his speech which he delivered to the gathering of pilgrims at Imam Ridha’s shrine in the holy city of Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei spoke about the possibility of bilateral talks with the United States.<\/span><\/div>\n
“The Americans have been sending messages for some time asking Iran to hold separate negotiations with them regarding the nuclear issue, but on the basis of our past experiences I am not optimistic about such negotiations,\u201d He said\u00a0referring to the experience of Iran \u2013 US direct talks about security in Iraq in 2007<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
“Of course, I am not opposed either,” he added and then publicly responded to the back-door messages of the US officials offering \u201csincere and rational negotiation\u201d with Iran:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cIn response, I would say, we have told you many times that we are not after nuclear weapons and you say that you do not believe us. Why would we believe your statements then? When you are not ready to accept a rational and sincere statement, why would we accept your statements which have been disproved many times?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cOur interpretation is that offers of negotiation are an American tactic to mislead public opinion in the world and in our country,\u201d He added.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Ayatollah Khamenei\u2019s solution for Iran\u2019s nuclear issue<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
As Iran and the group of P5+1 \u2013 comprising U.S, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany \u2013 will hold another round of nuclear talks in Almaty, Kazakhstan on April 5, 2013, Ayatollah Khamenei claimed that the U.S is not willing to reach a solution through nuclear negotiations and \u201cWhenever we are close to a solution, the Americans cause a problem to prevent [the] reaching [of] a solution.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
He then outlined the \u201cvery simple solution\u201d of Iran\u2019s nuclear issue and asked the U.S to show its honest approach by accepting the solution:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cIf the Americans wanted to resolve the issue, this would be a very simple solution: they could recognize the Iranian nation’s right to enrichment and to address those concerns, they could enforce the regulations of the International Atomic Energy Agency.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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