S. Leader: Academics, Elites Can Help Boost Iran’s Status

Tehran, Aug 13, IRNA -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the elite of the country, including academicians can significantly help upgrade Iran’s status in the world’s new structure by fulfilling their important duties. Ayatollah Khamenei made the above remarks in a meeting with the hundreds of Iranian university professors, instructors and researchers in Tehran on Sunday evening. The supreme leader said that the world is heading towards a new social, economic and political topography and structure. He emphasized the specific which can be played by the Iranian in this historic juncture. Referring to the wave of Islamic awakening throughout the world, the Supreme Leader noted that the feeling of identity and awakening based on Islam among different Muslim nations is quite unprecedented which is harbinger of a change in the format and topography of the world in future. He said that the prevailing conditions of the world in transiting to a new era are very similar to the developments of the post-WWI and post-colonial era of the Europe. “The upcoming changes of the world unlike the post-WWI and post-colonial eras is in line with exchange of power and general capabilities between some nations with other nations,” the Supreme Leader added. He said that the failure of the US-led West in gaining dominance over the western Asia is another sign of the ‘prevailing global changes’. “The unsuccessful move by the IS for gaining control over this important and sensitive region of the world (western Asia) which became evident in Iraq and Afghanistan is another sign of the deep changes that the world is currently facing,” Ayatollah Khamenei added. The Supreme Leader referred to the prevailing developments in Europe and the ambiguous future of the powerful European countries as other evidences for proving that the world is heading toward a new structure. “The present situation in Europe is not the result of tactical or strategic mistakes, but it is due to fundamental mistakes in the worldview,” he added. Ayatollah Khamenei said that the declining prestige of the US throughout the world is the fourth sign which proves the world is transferring to a new era. The supreme leader pointed out that the US as the first country of the world in terms of power, wealth, science, military technology and non-military technology had a good impression for several decades among world’s nations, but not only it has lost its previous status, it has also turned into the symbol of bullying, oppression and interference in the affairs of the nations and war-mongering. He termed the Islamic awakening emanating from Islamic Revolution and exemplary resistance based on ideological principles, faith, wisdom and sympathy as the main reasons for Iran’s attaining special status in the prevailing world’s developments./end