According to Mehr News Agency, this evening, in a meeting with thousands of students across the country and activists of political, social, cultural organizations and student jihadist groups, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, while expressing important recommendations in criticizing and evaluating issues and strengthening student identity by explaining two different experiences of Iranian youth in facing the West, said: The first experience led to self-destruction, but in the second experience, which is the current movement of the student body in the same direction, recognizing the realities of the West, seeking independence, and distancing oneself from the problems of Western civilization are the main principles.
Ayatollah Khamenei also called negotiations with the current US government fruitless and causing further blindness to the knot of sanctions, and referring to the US government's efforts to deceive world public opinion about negotiations, he said: We are not looking for nuclear weapons, which if we were, we would have produced them by now. In addition, we will respond decisively to any possible blow.
The Leader of the Revolution considered today's speeches by the representatives of the organizations as a sign of progress, maturity, and growth in the level of thinking, analysis, and understanding, and considered this issue hopeful and good news.
He added: Of course, I do not agree with all the statements made by the students in this meeting. For example, a student said that security and military elements have become statement writers in critical moments against the Zionist regime, while if investigated and investigated, it will become clear that this is not true and those who should have done something did it in their own time.
In response to the words of one of the students, Ayatollah Khamenei also added: I continue to rely on the youth and my hope is only in them, but the basic condition is that the youth remain steadfast in their correct positions and persevere in them, and do not become hesitant, passive, or deviate from the main path when faced with obstacles.
The Leader of the Revolution strongly advised officials at the Ministry of Science and Health to pay full attention to and follow up on the issues raised in the students' speeches.
Recalling the various events of the past year, He added: Last year, on such days, martyrs Raisi, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Haniyeh, Safi al-Din, Sinwar, Dheif and several prominent revolutionary figures were among us, but they are not now, and for this reason the enemy thinks that we have become weak, but I can confidently emphasize that although the absence of these very valuable brothers is a loss for us, we have become stronger in many areas compared to last year and have not become weaker in some areas.
Explaining the reason for the continued strength of the Resistance Front, Ayatollah Khamenei added: If the two factors of ideals and efforts exist in a nation and a group, their overall movement will not be affected.
In another part of his speech, the Leader of the Revolution, citing verses from the Quran, considered the purpose of fasting to be the attainment of piety, adding: Piety protects a person from evils, temptations, ill-will, malice, wickedness, debauchery, lust, neglect of duty, and abandonment of obligatory actions.
He considered creating worldly openness and guidance to be two important effects of piety, adding: Piety creates openness in various fields in this world, including economics and security.
Ayatollah Khamenei considered enjoying divine guidance to be the supreme goal of every human being, adding: Achieving prosperity, happiness, and salvation can only be achieved under the guidance of God Almighty, and this guidance is an effect of piety.
The Leader of the Revolution considered individual determination and will to be necessary for attaining piety, adding: The late Imam advised that in order to move on the path of piety, one must make a manly and decisive decision.
In the main part of his speech explaining the identity of the Iranian student, Ayatollah Khamenei addressed two different experiences of Iranian youth in the contemporary era in their encounter with the West and Western civilization, emphasizing: The result of the first encounter was “fascination and self-defeat,” and the result of the second encounter was “recognition of Western civilization, selective dealing with Western realities, a sense of independence, and in some cases, a sense of profound difference and complete separation.”
He considered the first encounter of Iranian youth with the West about a hundred years ago to have created the duality of “the advanced West and the weak and backward Iran” in the minds of the youth, and said: This duality was, of course, a reality at the time, but it should not lead to self-defeat and following the West; because observing the strengths of the other side should make people think about solutions and compensating for their weaknesses, rather than prescribing submission and obedience.
The Leader of the Revolution called the inaction in the face of Western advances the cause of neglecting the strengths of the Iranian nation and country, and said: That experience could have led to complacency, but unfortunately it led to complacency, and some people inside the country intensified this neglect and commitment, encouraging people to completely imitate the manifestations of the West; namely, imitation in moral and cultural issues, not issues such as science and seriousness, which are the basis of Western progress.
He called Reza Khan the embodiment of destructive and destructive Westernization, and added: The British put that tyrant in power and then, when their interests demanded it, they removed him, but during this time, they instilled in public opinion the circle of Reza Khan’s deviation, the need to obey and assimilate to the West in all the country’s affairs and issues, and emptied the country from within, leaving nothing national, such as a national economy, national domestic and foreign policies, or even national clothing for Iranians.
The Leader of the Revolution considered the second experience of the West's presence in Iran to be the result of bitter events such as the occupation of parts of the country by Britain and Tsarist Russia, famine and the loss of thousands of lives, the suppression of internal movements, and the imposition of humiliating contracts such as the Darcy Oil Contract during the time of Reza Khan, and added: "These events revealed the inner nature of Westerners to the people, especially the youth, and made it clear that behind their polished appearance and smiles lies a malicious and treacherous inner nature"
