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[00:00:00] Where would we go, dearer than our own country? For whom
[00:00:02] would we fight, better and purer than this
[00:00:05] nation?
[00:00:08] Thank you for your zeal, may you live long. We were very happy to see
[00:00:11] you. God willing, may we remain steadfast, and
[00:00:15] whenever someone glances at us, give them a strong
[00:00:18] slap like this. We thank our dear Seda Sima (Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran)
[00:00:22] for its crucial role as a media,
[00:00:26] with the efforts you make and the entire Seda Sima organization, which has been very good
[00:00:30] during this imposed war, we can preserve
[00:00:33] our mission. Thank you.
[00:01:19] In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. President, greetings. Thank you for the opportunity
[00:01:22] you gave us. Mr. President, at the end
[00:01:26] of the second year of your presidency and the beginning of the third,
[00:01:31] how did these two years
[00:01:32] pass? In the name of God, the Most Gracious,
[00:01:36] the Most Merciful. The two years that passed,
[00:01:39] what is clear needs no explanation.
[00:01:42] From the very first day that we wanted to take
[00:01:45] on the responsibility, our dear guest,
[00:01:48] Ismail Haniyeh, was martyred
[00:01:51] on that night. And
[00:01:55] in truth, after
[00:01:58] that, the problems that
[00:02:00] continued were
[00:02:03] many. The imbalances that
[00:02:05] we had.
[00:02:07] The fear that in winter we might not have electricity, not have gas,
[00:02:11] people might have problems. The situation
[00:02:14] of our water, which, of course, got worse
[00:02:18] the next year, the drought that existed
[00:02:21] in 2023 was unprecedented in the last 50 years.
[00:02:25] And it was really very difficult.
[00:02:29] Finally, the issue of the snapback that they launched,
[00:02:33] the 12-day war, then
[00:02:36] the events that happened
[00:02:38] on January
[00:02:41] 8th and 9th, the plans that
[00:02:44] they had drawn that in truth, in
[00:02:48] their minds, they could take Iran
[00:02:50] like
[00:02:53] Syria, for example, in 48 hours, and
[00:02:55] the Ramadan War and the martyrdom of a great one. And the dear ones that we
[00:02:59] had were
[00:03:03] very painful. It was
[00:03:06] difficult. Really, with all these difficulties and
[00:03:09] problems, our government,
[00:03:13] our managers, our governors, our district governors,
[00:03:17] our section heads, our employees
[00:03:20] everywhere, and the people and the armed forces
[00:03:24] finally brought it to this point where today, Iran,
[00:03:28] as a powerful country,
[00:03:35] and with a very high honor, is named.
[00:03:38] This was not an easy task, and in all
[00:03:42] these problems, as far as the government could,
[00:03:45] it tried so that the people
[00:03:49] would not feel what they should feel about this war
[00:03:52] and the plans that they had to disrupt
[00:03:56] our society, that event did not happen, and also this situation.
[00:04:01] So far, it has been managed powerfully. Mr. President,
[00:04:05] one of the frequently used words in your speeches is the word "people."
[00:04:09] You know that some divide people into insiders
[00:04:12] and outsiders. Who are the people from your point of view? Are the people
[00:04:16] those who participated in the elections and voted for you? Are the people
[00:04:19] the 50% who did not participate in the elections? Are the people
[00:04:23] those who protested in the streets last year?
[00:04:27] Are the people those who in the past 150
[00:04:30] days were present in the streets defending the country? From the perspective
[00:04:34] of Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, which
[00:04:37] people? It is very clear. In the
[00:04:41] Quran, if you look, in religious beliefs, if you
[00:04:44] look, God tells Prophet David, "We have made you a khalifa,
[00:04:48] O David. Indeed, We have made you
[00:04:51] a khalifa, so judge among the people
[00:04:54] with justice." Among the people means all
[00:04:57] people. The Quran, from these verses,
[00:05:00] and do
[00:05:02] not follow
[00:05:05] your desires. Following desires means your own group, your own
[00:05:08] faction, your own party. One must act like this with the people.
[00:05:12] Imam Ali, in his instruction to Malik al-Ashtar, says
[00:05:14] that
[00:05:16] fill
[00:05:20] your heart with love for these people.
[00:05:23] Be kind to these people. These people are of two
[00:05:26] kinds:
[00:05:31] either they are equal to you in creation, or in terms of belief, they are
[00:05:34] one
[00:05:36] with you.
[00:05:42] If they are in trouble,
[00:05:47] you, as a ruler, overlook them. Deal with them with kindness.
[00:05:50] And he says this is a difficult test. God is taking
[00:05:53] it from you. And then he says
[00:05:57] that do not put yourself against
[00:06:01] God. That is, if we do not treat the people
[00:06:04] with kindness, with affection, and as
[00:06:07] servants, we are at war
[00:06:10] with God. These people
[00:06:29] And unfortunately, we have many problems in this regard, and
[00:06:32] implementing this process to be able to reform
[00:06:35] it, well, we need time. And
[00:06:39] during this time, all efforts have been to keep us together.
[00:06:42] If we have lasted until now,
[00:06:45] it was the noble people of Iran who kept us, not just those who were in
[00:06:49] the streets, but those who have grudges
[00:06:53] in their hearts, but for the sake of Iran, they not
[00:06:56] only did not create problems, they cooperated, sympathized,
[00:07:00] and voiced their support. Only those who were in the streets
[00:07:03] did not keep our Iran. All these people who
[00:07:06] see our hardships and endure them are doing
[00:07:10] this for Iran, for their country. They are doing this, and we consider
[00:07:14] ourselves servants indebted to these people,
[00:07:17] and we ask God to help us not to be ashamed.
[00:07:21] In any case, in this situation that we are facing,
[00:07:25] it is the hardest possible time in the history
[00:07:29] after the revolution. The sanctions were severe,
[00:07:33] they became more severe, then they came and sanctioned
[00:07:36] our banking and financial
[00:07:39] process. Again, they were not
[00:07:42] satisfied with this; they started a war. Again, they were not
[00:07:45] satisfied with this; they besieged us. That is, in
[00:07:49] the worst possible conditions, they want to paralyze us.
[00:07:53] But when we are with the people, no power can paralyze us.
[00:07:56] If we accept this from the bottom of our hearts and believe
[00:08:00] it. They now imagine all
[00:08:03] the plans they are making with these pressures they are bringing, they want
[00:08:07] to make people dissatisfied and,
[00:08:09] so to speak, force them to protest. And these
[00:08:13] people are noble people. For our Iran and for our country and
[00:08:17] for the future of our country, they stood, and
[00:08:20] we will stand, and we promise these dear people that as long as we have
[00:08:24] life in our bodies and breathe, we will serve
[00:08:27] them with all our being. One of the contentious
[00:08:30] issues in the past two years has been the issue
[00:08:33] of consensus. Some believe that the intended
[00:08:37] consensus means a joint stock company where various
[00:08:41] groups eventually had positions and gained posts, and a coalition
[00:08:44] government was formed. Others believed that no, the President's
[00:08:48] intention regarding consensus is to create understanding
[00:08:51] among different groups, different factions, and the people
[00:08:55] so that we can solve problems. From your
[00:08:58] perspective, is consensus that joint stock company, or
[00:09:02] is consensus the same as creating understanding
[00:09:05] to solve problems? Look, religiously, God says, "We
[00:09:08] created you from male and female and made you into nations."
[00:09:42] I should perform my work without fault, with
[00:09:46] good quality. As a doctor, when I operate,
[00:09:49] I am a prayerful person, I pray at night, I don't
[00:09:53] know all those frameworks that they say, my outward appearance is very
[00:09:56] Hizb-Allahi (pious/devout), but when I operate on a patient, they come out of
[00:10:00] the operating room with problems, or they develop issues.
[00:10:04] The person who does not believe in my belief but performs correctly,
[00:10:08] is more pious than me who claims to be. If we look
[00:10:12] at society with this view, the criterion for working
[00:10:15] with people and with each other is acting without error
[00:10:19] in economy, in industry, in agriculture, in art,
[00:10:23] in what do I know, everywhere. If management deals
[00:10:27] with people on this basis,
[00:10:28] it is
[00:10:31] not that because I belong to such and such a faction or group,
[00:10:34] I am superior. The one who is more capable,
[00:10:38] more error-free, even if he does not accept us in his
[00:10:42] beliefs and thoughts, the right is with him. He is the most
[00:10:46] honorable among you in the sight of Allah, the most pious
[00:10:49] of you, the most knowledgeable, the most capable.
[00:10:53] In the Quran, I have
[00:10:55] said this many times. Well, many people have read
[00:10:59] the Quran. This Surah ar-Rahman, you know, when
[00:11:03] we go to these gatherings, in fact, they read
[00:11:07] ar-Rahman.
[00:11:09] One day, when they were reading this, I was really
[00:11:13] stunned. It presents
[00:11:15] a worldview: "The Most Gracious
[00:11:19] taught the Quran. Created man. Taught him
[00:11:23] eloquent speech. The sun and the moon follow courses."
[00:11:55] We do not give management to those whose
[00:11:58] weight is less, because it says the world is all about calculations.
[00:12:02] Why are you doing this work? And we are doing this work. If we had acted
[00:12:06] upon this very verse that we read to the dead, in practice and
[00:12:09] in implementation, we would have no problem. Everyone
[00:12:13] is there, everyone based on their merit,
[00:12:16] their capability, their offering, not based on party
[00:12:19] and faction and group and their outlook. This is something that must
[00:12:22] be paid attention to.
[00:12:25] Mr. President, in this criminal war, many crimes occurred. Crimes, each
[00:12:28] of which could be a file for a war
[00:12:32] crime. How much did these events that occurred
[00:12:36] in this recent war affect your view on
[00:12:39] human rights and the issue of international organizations in defending
[00:12:43] humanity?
[00:12:44] Look,
[00:12:47] I have said many times that these discussions about human rights,
[00:12:51] freedom, and things they say.
[00:12:56] It wasn't strong in my mind, but now it's all
[00:13:00] collapsed. The
[00:13:03] first step is, for what reason did they martyr
[00:13:05] our leader? For what crime did
[00:13:08] they martyr our commanders? For what crime did they martyr
[00:13:12] our scientists?
[00:13:15] And then our children. However
[00:13:18] much I think, I see no logic in this.
[00:13:21] Why do they have a problem
[00:13:26] with every symbol that represents our
[00:13:28] power, steadfastness,
[00:13:32] innovation, and creativity? They attack
[00:13:35] our universities, they attack our aerospace
[00:13:38] centers, so to speak,
[00:13:42] they attack our artificial intelligence, they attack
[00:13:45] university professors who are knowledgeable, creative.
[00:13:47] They want you, our capable people, our capable
[00:13:50] managers. They attack managers or
[00:13:53] commanders who are truly self-sacrificing,
[00:13:57] not in words, but in action, who have dedicated their entire
[00:14:00] lives to these people. They shouldn't be there.
[00:14:04] So that there are people who, for example, play both sides
[00:14:07] of the fence. Then people say, "Well,
[00:14:11] these people, then people become dissatisfied with them and say, "Who
[00:14:15] are these people who became our managers?"
[00:14:18] Many of these people who were martyred, our commanders, our scientists,
[00:14:22] go look at their lives. Some don't have houses, some
[00:14:29] have no possessions. The reason for their honesty and self-sacrifice
[00:14:32] is this: that a person is in that position. When you look at his life,
[00:14:36] his family, they live like
[00:14:39] ordinary people. Mr. Doctor, when you heard
[00:14:42] the news of the martyrdom of 120 children,
[00:14:46] what did you feel? Look, I said
[00:14:50] that feelings cannot be expressed.
[00:14:52] It is a choked sob in my throat.
[00:15:19] When did you learn of the martyrdom
[00:15:22] of the Leader? And
[00:15:25] what did you feel? We had a meeting
[00:15:28] right here when they attacked, and in
[00:15:31] truth, it was here
[00:15:35] that it happened, and I.
[00:15:37] realized that the event had already
[00:15:39] happened at that moment,
[00:15:43] because the way they had attacked and said
[00:15:46] our dear Leader is there, it's natural in such a situation,
[00:15:50] so
[00:15:55] well, the same feeling I
[00:15:56] mentioned.
[00:15:59] In any
[00:16:01] case,
[00:16:04] we lost a great asset and support, especially
[00:16:08] the government, which stood behind us like a mountain, providing
[00:16:12] support. And these discussions we have,
[00:16:15] I honestly told him all our thoughts.
[00:16:18] Maybe I haven't mentioned many things now that I would bring up to our dear
[00:16:22] Leader there, and he really
[00:16:25] helped us a lot, supported us a lot,
[00:16:29] helped us get this far. And if
[00:16:32] it wasn't for his help, the possibility of social
[00:16:35] tensions could have taken shape in our society
[00:16:38] and manifested itself much sooner than that war. And the enemy had counted
[00:16:42] on this. That is, all calculations were that we
[00:16:45] would take actions, people would become dissatisfied, and they would
[00:16:49] come, and with two missiles and two, for example, destructions,
[00:16:53] they would overthrow the country. But
[00:16:56] his support did not allow it.
[00:16:59] And then, when they became desperate,
[00:17:03] they saw that they had to come and martyr the Leader, because
[00:17:06] his support
[00:17:11] had brought us this far. And well, this very brutal act they committed
[00:17:15] was carried
[00:17:17] out.
[00:17:20] Of course, they did not expect that this society, this country,
[00:17:24] could continue, but it did
[00:17:27] continue. Our dear new Leader was elected
[00:17:29] again.
[00:17:32] The possibility of communicating with him is very difficult now, but
[00:17:36] in any case, his presence is a very great strength
[00:17:39] for us, so that
[00:17:42] we can continue the process. Even these currents that they had started
[00:17:46] were between that message he had given
[00:17:49] that, in principle,
[00:17:52] for example, I was not in agreement, but
[00:17:56] now I will allow this to take shape.
[00:18:00] Well, some of these people who were seeking discord
[00:18:03] and were trying to reopen that rift
[00:18:06] and then reach
[00:18:09] those goals they have in their party
[00:18:12] affairs, they kept exaggerating
[00:18:15] it. And what he had said
[00:18:19] was absolutely correct. He had a view in the summary
[00:18:23] that was done in that council. These were reported
[00:18:26] to him, and he said that if it gets three-quarters
[00:18:30] of the votes, I will accept it. Instead
[00:18:34] of three-quarters, it got twelve-thirteenths of the votes, and he accepted it.
[00:18:38] He said this was because he had
[00:18:42] accepted an expert opinion and had made
[00:18:45] a decision based on expert opinion. It turned into an excuse
[00:18:49] for some people to create a rift and
[00:18:52] then to say things that
[00:18:56] were not fair, were not honest,
[00:18:59] and then they wanted to portray it as if
[00:19:02] the others were like this.
[00:19:05] Well, fairness is a good thing, you know. This, and Dr.
[00:19:09] Shahid Beheshti's belief in the book "Truth and Falsehood from the Perspective of Islam and
[00:19:13] the Quran," he states that
[00:19:17] there are many hadiths that say religion is half
[00:19:20] fairness. He goes back and says, "I say all
[00:19:23] religion is fairness. What you do not like for yourself, you should
[00:19:27] not like for others." The reality
[00:19:30] is
[00:19:33] that I see no fairness in them. One
[00:19:37] of the issues that was said, and you had raised
[00:19:40] it with the martyred Leader, was the return of Iranians
[00:19:44] living abroad during the 12-day war. Well, Iranians living abroad, with
[00:19:47] different views, stood behind the country,
[00:19:51] and also in this war, despite the criticisms they had
[00:19:54] regarding the governance inside the country, they stood behind
[00:19:58] the armed forces, behind the country. The question is, did you
[00:20:02] discuss this with the martyred Leader? Did you ask
[00:20:06] for his help to resolve this issue? Well, I told
[00:20:08] him that we were supposed to write a letter to him.
[00:20:12] I also told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I told
[00:20:15] our own people, that, so to speak,
[00:20:19] instruct our security systems not to create problems
[00:20:23] for any Iranian who wants to come to Iran,
[00:20:26] unless if someone
[00:20:30] got a visa and came inside and had a problem, they should
[00:20:33] be told to return from there, not to be arrested
[00:20:37] here. Whoever can come to Iran, they should be able to come to Iran easily,
[00:20:41] they should not be arrested, and
[00:20:43] this had been approved, and it was supposed to continue until the end,
[00:20:47] so that we could do this work. Every Iranian who lives
[00:20:51] abroad, this is his home, he can come, he can leave
[00:20:55] easily, and we should not create
[00:20:58] obstacles for him. If we are going to create obstacles, we should tell him not
[00:21:02] to come from the beginning. If he comes, we tell him, "Sir, go back, if you stay, we will arrest
[00:21:05] you." Not to arrest him here and
[00:21:08] not let him go back. That's dishonorable. What was
[00:21:11] the Leader's reaction, Mr. President? Did he agree with your opinion?
[00:21:15] If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't approve it.
[00:21:18] The Leader is not like
[00:21:38] that. After that assassination, did you
[00:21:41] visit the martyred Leader of the Revolution? People want to know what
[00:21:45] happened in that meeting. No, that day we were supposed to meet the Leader
[00:21:49] at 5 o'clock. It was 4:30 or
[00:21:52] 5, and while we were in the meeting,
[00:21:56] they bombed the place. So
[00:21:58] it didn't happen.
[00:22:01] We survived and came out.
[00:22:05] And then when we came out, our whole body was covered
[00:22:09] in dust, and our legs were
[00:22:11] wounded, and we had hemarthrosis,
[00:22:14] there was blood in our knees, and
[00:22:17] in short, they said, "Sir, he is still
[00:22:20] waiting for you." It was around 6:30. By the time it was
[00:22:24] 7, we arrived. They were just waiting to see us. Sir,
[00:22:27] and there we explained the situation,
[00:22:30] and he gave some instructions
[00:22:34] and prayed for us anyway. And in short,
[00:22:37] we returned home from the meeting.
[00:22:41] I said he was truly a supporter,
[00:22:45] like a mountain, for supporting
[00:22:46] the government.
[00:22:49] And more. If we had any achievements, it was
[00:22:52] because of his support. Now that some
[00:22:56] people have found an opportunity, they are saying things
[00:22:59] or they are unaware, or they don't know our
[00:23:03] situation, or
[00:23:07] they lack fairness. After the bitter
[00:23:09] events of January 8th and 9th,
[00:23:13] you had a meeting with the Supreme Leader. Can you tell us about the feelings
[00:23:17] of that meeting? Both he was upset
[00:23:21] and we were extremely upset, because the actions that
[00:23:24] were taken,
[00:23:26] and the management of the situation was not prepared.
[00:23:30] Many people were harmed,
[00:23:31] and
[00:23:36] neither he nor we can ever forget
[00:23:39] that many of our young people,
[00:23:43] a large number of them, died, were martyred.
[00:23:46] Some of them were harmed. Some of
[00:23:50] them, some of their body parts were lost.
[00:23:54] Well, this was very bad for us.
[00:23:57] Even now, I
[00:24:01] cannot forget that incident. We
[00:24:04] should not have reached this point, of course,
[00:24:07] Trump himself, the dishonorable, said that we had armed
[00:24:11] these people, so to speak, we were
[00:24:14] supporting them. And well,
[00:24:17] it was clear they were doing this, but some innocent people were also mixed
[00:24:20] with them. In truth, we had problems and
[00:24:24] still have them. Some people are rightfully
[00:24:27] raising their problems, and some are taking advantage of this situation
[00:24:30] to implement their evil and wicked
[00:24:34] intentions. And this causes
[00:24:37] the process to become a bit muddled. It says,
[00:24:40] "Truth is a palace, well-adorned. Desire
[00:24:44] and lust raise dust, you cannot see."
[00:24:47] Because when dust is raised, one cannot see.
[00:24:50] Man, when the issue turns
[00:24:53] into this riot, one can no longer distinguish friend
[00:24:57] from foe properly, and the process reaches a point where
[00:25:00] difficult events occur. We saw that the process
[00:25:03] is like this. All those who had been martyred,
[00:25:07] who had died, we said to announce their national
[00:25:10] codes. Anyone who has more should say so. You
[00:25:14] see, these people who sit abroad, then they pretend
[00:25:18] to be concerned, they pretend to be knowledgeable, and sometimes
[00:25:21] they present themselves as so enlightened and scholarly
[00:25:25] that one imagines it's really like this. They said
[00:25:29] a number like 30,000 or 40,000 and then incited
[00:25:33] people to protest. This shows how dishonorable and
[00:25:37] traitorous they are. You met with the Leader of the Revolution
[00:25:40] and mentioned this in one of your speeches. People want to know what was
[00:25:44] the most important characteristic of him as
[00:25:47] the Leader of the Revolution that formed in your mind? Look, I have said
[00:25:50] this many times, openly, in secret,
[00:25:54] in private. In terms of ethics,
[00:25:57] in terms of logic, in terms of, so to speak,
[00:26:00] humility,
[00:26:02] he was truly exceptional. And that's why I say if
[00:26:06] we confide and speak with him, we can get along
[00:26:09] with him more easily. He was a completely
[00:26:12] logical person, and his patience
[00:26:16] was very good, because whatever I said, so that he would
[00:26:19] know, he dealt with us
[00:26:22] with kindness and very beautifully with logic.
[00:26:25] That's why some of the things they sometimes come and say, "Sir, he
[00:26:29] said this," for example, the person I saw is not the image
[00:26:33] they portray of him. The course of this
[00:26:36] situation is such that unfortunately, it allows some
[00:26:39] malicious people to interpret it differently, to show
[00:26:43] a different
[00:27:30] that we tolerate a little bit,
[00:27:33] 10% saving in daily energy is 900,000
[00:27:36] barrels of oil. 20% is
[00:27:39] 1,800,000 barrels. The total oil we are
[00:27:42] selling, if they even open it, is 1,600,000.
[00:27:46] 20% saving is 1,800,000. It's as easy as
[00:27:50] drinking water to implement 20%. All
[00:27:54] the money, instead of giving it to electricity, to water, to energy that we are
[00:27:58] wasting, we give it to our staff, to the people, to those who should
[00:28:01] be there. Then people won't have problems. In truth, if
[00:28:05] such help is provided, we will solve people's problems, and we
[00:28:09] want to solve people's
[00:30:35] It's 5 AM, and greetings again to you, Mr. President. In
[00:30:38] a televised interview, referring to the support of the martyred
[00:30:42] Leader for the government, he said: With his martyrdom, we lost
[00:30:46] a great asset and support, and the enemies
[00:30:49] imagined the collapse of Iran, but the Islamic Revolution
[00:30:53] continued its path
[00:30:55] with strength. We lost a great
[00:30:58] support, especially the government.