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00:00:00Where would we go, dearer than our own country? For whom
00:00:02would we fight, better and purer than this
00:00:05nation?
00:00:08Thank you for your zeal, may you live long. We were very happy to see
00:00:11you. God willing, may we remain steadfast, and
00:00:15whenever someone glances at us, give them a strong
00:00:18slap like this. We thank our dear Seda Sima (Voice and Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran)
00:00:22for its crucial role as a media,
00:00:26with the efforts you make and the entire Seda Sima organization, which has been very good
00:00:30during this imposed war, we can preserve
00:00:33our mission. Thank you.
00:01:19In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Mr. President, greetings. Thank you for the opportunity
00:01:22you gave us. Mr. President, at the end
00:01:26of the second year of your presidency and the beginning of the third,
00:01:31how did these two years
00:01:32pass? In the name of God, the Most Gracious,
00:01:36the Most Merciful. The two years that passed,
00:01:39what is clear needs no explanation.
00:01:42From the very first day that we wanted to take
00:01:45on the responsibility, our dear guest,
00:01:48Ismail Haniyeh, was martyred
00:01:51on that night. And
00:01:55in truth, after
00:01:58that, the problems that
00:02:00continued were
00:02:03many. The imbalances that
00:02:05we had.
00:02:07The fear that in winter we might not have electricity, not have gas,
00:02:11people might have problems. The situation
00:02:14of our water, which, of course, got worse
00:02:18the next year, the drought that existed
00:02:21in 2023 was unprecedented in the last 50 years.
00:02:25And it was really very difficult.
00:02:29Finally, the issue of the snapback that they launched,
00:02:33the 12-day war, then
00:02:36the events that happened
00:02:38on January
00:02:418th and 9th, the plans that
00:02:44they had drawn that in truth, in
00:02:48their minds, they could take Iran
00:02:50like
00:02:53Syria, for example, in 48 hours, and
00:02:55the Ramadan War and the martyrdom of a great one. And the dear ones that we
00:02:59had were
00:03:03very painful. It was
00:03:06difficult. Really, with all these difficulties and
00:03:09problems, our government,
00:03:13our managers, our governors, our district governors,
00:03:17our section heads, our employees
00:03:20everywhere, and the people and the armed forces
00:03:24finally brought it to this point where today, Iran,
00:03:28as a powerful country,
00:03:35and with a very high honor, is named.
00:03:38This was not an easy task, and in all
00:03:42these problems, as far as the government could,
00:03:45it tried so that the people
00:03:49would not feel what they should feel about this war
00:03:52and the plans that they had to disrupt
00:03:56our society, that event did not happen, and also this situation.
00:04:01So far, it has been managed powerfully. Mr. President,
00:04:05one of the frequently used words in your speeches is the word "people."
00:04:09You know that some divide people into insiders
00:04:12and outsiders. Who are the people from your point of view? Are the people
00:04:16those who participated in the elections and voted for you? Are the people
00:04:19the 50% who did not participate in the elections? Are the people
00:04:23those who protested in the streets last year?
00:04:27Are the people those who in the past 150
00:04:30days were present in the streets defending the country? From the perspective
00:04:34of Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, which
00:04:37people? It is very clear. In the
00:04:41Quran, if you look, in religious beliefs, if you
00:04:44look, God tells Prophet David, "We have made you a khalifa,
00:04:48O David. Indeed, We have made you
00:04:51a khalifa, so judge among the people
00:04:54with justice." Among the people means all
00:04:57people. The Quran, from these verses,
00:05:00and do
00:05:02not follow
00:05:05your desires. Following desires means your own group, your own
00:05:08faction, your own party. One must act like this with the people.
00:05:12Imam Ali, in his instruction to Malik al-Ashtar, says
00:05:14that
00:05:16fill
00:05:20your heart with love for these people.
00:05:23Be kind to these people. These people are of two
00:05:26kinds:
00:05:31either they are equal to you in creation, or in terms of belief, they are
00:05:34one
00:05:36with you.
00:05:42If they are in trouble,
00:05:47you, as a ruler, overlook them. Deal with them with kindness.
00:05:50And he says this is a difficult test. God is taking
00:05:53it from you. And then he says
00:05:57that do not put yourself against
00:06:01God. That is, if we do not treat the people
00:06:04with kindness, with affection, and as
00:06:07servants, we are at war
00:06:10with God. These people
00:06:29And unfortunately, we have many problems in this regard, and
00:06:32implementing this process to be able to reform
00:06:35it, well, we need time. And
00:06:39during this time, all efforts have been to keep us together.
00:06:42If we have lasted until now,
00:06:45it was the noble people of Iran who kept us, not just those who were in
00:06:49the streets, but those who have grudges
00:06:53in their hearts, but for the sake of Iran, they not
00:06:56only did not create problems, they cooperated, sympathized,
00:07:00and voiced their support. Only those who were in the streets
00:07:03did not keep our Iran. All these people who
00:07:06see our hardships and endure them are doing
00:07:10this for Iran, for their country. They are doing this, and we consider
00:07:14ourselves servants indebted to these people,
00:07:17and we ask God to help us not to be ashamed.
00:07:21In any case, in this situation that we are facing,
00:07:25it is the hardest possible time in the history
00:07:29after the revolution. The sanctions were severe,
00:07:33they became more severe, then they came and sanctioned
00:07:36our banking and financial
00:07:39process. Again, they were not
00:07:42satisfied with this; they started a war. Again, they were not
00:07:45satisfied with this; they besieged us. That is, in
00:07:49the worst possible conditions, they want to paralyze us.
00:07:53But when we are with the people, no power can paralyze us.
00:07:56If we accept this from the bottom of our hearts and believe
00:08:00it. They now imagine all
00:08:03the plans they are making with these pressures they are bringing, they want
00:08:07to make people dissatisfied and,
00:08:09so to speak, force them to protest. And these
00:08:13people are noble people. For our Iran and for our country and
00:08:17for the future of our country, they stood, and
00:08:20we will stand, and we promise these dear people that as long as we have
00:08:24life in our bodies and breathe, we will serve
00:08:27them with all our being. One of the contentious
00:08:30issues in the past two years has been the issue
00:08:33of consensus. Some believe that the intended
00:08:37consensus means a joint stock company where various
00:08:41groups eventually had positions and gained posts, and a coalition
00:08:44government was formed. Others believed that no, the President's
00:08:48intention regarding consensus is to create understanding
00:08:51among different groups, different factions, and the people
00:08:55so that we can solve problems. From your
00:08:58perspective, is consensus that joint stock company, or
00:09:02is consensus the same as creating understanding
00:09:05to solve problems? Look, religiously, God says, "We
00:09:08created you from male and female and made you into nations."
00:09:42I should perform my work without fault, with
00:09:46good quality. As a doctor, when I operate,
00:09:49I am a prayerful person, I pray at night, I don't
00:09:53know all those frameworks that they say, my outward appearance is very
00:09:56Hizb-Allahi (pious/devout), but when I operate on a patient, they come out of
00:10:00the operating room with problems, or they develop issues.
00:10:04The person who does not believe in my belief but performs correctly,
00:10:08is more pious than me who claims to be. If we look
00:10:12at society with this view, the criterion for working
00:10:15with people and with each other is acting without error
00:10:19in economy, in industry, in agriculture, in art,
00:10:23in what do I know, everywhere. If management deals
00:10:27with people on this basis,
00:10:28it is
00:10:31not that because I belong to such and such a faction or group,
00:10:34I am superior. The one who is more capable,
00:10:38more error-free, even if he does not accept us in his
00:10:42beliefs and thoughts, the right is with him. He is the most
00:10:46honorable among you in the sight of Allah, the most pious
00:10:49of you, the most knowledgeable, the most capable.
00:10:53In the Quran, I have
00:10:55said this many times. Well, many people have read
00:10:59the Quran. This Surah ar-Rahman, you know, when
00:11:03we go to these gatherings, in fact, they read
00:11:07ar-Rahman.
00:11:09One day, when they were reading this, I was really
00:11:13stunned. It presents
00:11:15a worldview: "The Most Gracious
00:11:19taught the Quran. Created man. Taught him
00:11:23eloquent speech. The sun and the moon follow courses."
00:11:55We do not give management to those whose
00:11:58weight is less, because it says the world is all about calculations.
00:12:02Why are you doing this work? And we are doing this work. If we had acted
00:12:06upon this very verse that we read to the dead, in practice and
00:12:09in implementation, we would have no problem. Everyone
00:12:13is there, everyone based on their merit,
00:12:16their capability, their offering, not based on party
00:12:19and faction and group and their outlook. This is something that must
00:12:22be paid attention to.
00:12:25Mr. President, in this criminal war, many crimes occurred. Crimes, each
00:12:28of which could be a file for a war
00:12:32crime. How much did these events that occurred
00:12:36in this recent war affect your view on
00:12:39human rights and the issue of international organizations in defending
00:12:43humanity?
00:12:44Look,
00:12:47I have said many times that these discussions about human rights,
00:12:51freedom, and things they say.
00:12:56It wasn't strong in my mind, but now it's all
00:13:00collapsed. The
00:13:03first step is, for what reason did they martyr
00:13:05our leader? For what crime did
00:13:08they martyr our commanders? For what crime did they martyr
00:13:12our scientists?
00:13:15And then our children. However
00:13:18much I think, I see no logic in this.
00:13:21Why do they have a problem
00:13:26with every symbol that represents our
00:13:28power, steadfastness,
00:13:32innovation, and creativity? They attack
00:13:35our universities, they attack our aerospace
00:13:38centers, so to speak,
00:13:42they attack our artificial intelligence, they attack
00:13:45university professors who are knowledgeable, creative.
00:13:47They want you, our capable people, our capable
00:13:50managers. They attack managers or
00:13:53commanders who are truly self-sacrificing,
00:13:57not in words, but in action, who have dedicated their entire
00:14:00lives to these people. They shouldn't be there.
00:14:04So that there are people who, for example, play both sides
00:14:07of the fence. Then people say, "Well,
00:14:11these people, then people become dissatisfied with them and say, "Who
00:14:15are these people who became our managers?"
00:14:18Many of these people who were martyred, our commanders, our scientists,
00:14:22go look at their lives. Some don't have houses, some
00:14:29have no possessions. The reason for their honesty and self-sacrifice
00:14:32is this: that a person is in that position. When you look at his life,
00:14:36his family, they live like
00:14:39ordinary people. Mr. Doctor, when you heard
00:14:42the news of the martyrdom of 120 children,
00:14:46what did you feel? Look, I said
00:14:50that feelings cannot be expressed.
00:14:52It is a choked sob in my throat.
00:15:19When did you learn of the martyrdom
00:15:22of the Leader? And
00:15:25what did you feel? We had a meeting
00:15:28right here when they attacked, and in
00:15:31truth, it was here
00:15:35that it happened, and I.
00:15:37realized that the event had already
00:15:39happened at that moment,
00:15:43because the way they had attacked and said
00:15:46our dear Leader is there, it's natural in such a situation,
00:15:50so
00:15:55well, the same feeling I
00:15:56mentioned.
00:15:59In any
00:16:01case,
00:16:04we lost a great asset and support, especially
00:16:08the government, which stood behind us like a mountain, providing
00:16:12support. And these discussions we have,
00:16:15I honestly told him all our thoughts.
00:16:18Maybe I haven't mentioned many things now that I would bring up to our dear
00:16:22Leader there, and he really
00:16:25helped us a lot, supported us a lot,
00:16:29helped us get this far. And if
00:16:32it wasn't for his help, the possibility of social
00:16:35tensions could have taken shape in our society
00:16:38and manifested itself much sooner than that war. And the enemy had counted
00:16:42on this. That is, all calculations were that we
00:16:45would take actions, people would become dissatisfied, and they would
00:16:49come, and with two missiles and two, for example, destructions,
00:16:53they would overthrow the country. But
00:16:56his support did not allow it.
00:16:59And then, when they became desperate,
00:17:03they saw that they had to come and martyr the Leader, because
00:17:06his support
00:17:11had brought us this far. And well, this very brutal act they committed
00:17:15was carried
00:17:17out.
00:17:20Of course, they did not expect that this society, this country,
00:17:24could continue, but it did
00:17:27continue. Our dear new Leader was elected
00:17:29again.
00:17:32The possibility of communicating with him is very difficult now, but
00:17:36in any case, his presence is a very great strength
00:17:39for us, so that
00:17:42we can continue the process. Even these currents that they had started
00:17:46were between that message he had given
00:17:49that, in principle,
00:17:52for example, I was not in agreement, but
00:17:56now I will allow this to take shape.
00:18:00Well, some of these people who were seeking discord
00:18:03and were trying to reopen that rift
00:18:06and then reach
00:18:09those goals they have in their party
00:18:12affairs, they kept exaggerating
00:18:15it. And what he had said
00:18:19was absolutely correct. He had a view in the summary
00:18:23that was done in that council. These were reported
00:18:26to him, and he said that if it gets three-quarters
00:18:30of the votes, I will accept it. Instead
00:18:34of three-quarters, it got twelve-thirteenths of the votes, and he accepted it.
00:18:38He said this was because he had
00:18:42accepted an expert opinion and had made
00:18:45a decision based on expert opinion. It turned into an excuse
00:18:49for some people to create a rift and
00:18:52then to say things that
00:18:56were not fair, were not honest,
00:18:59and then they wanted to portray it as if
00:19:02the others were like this.
00:19:05Well, fairness is a good thing, you know. This, and Dr.
00:19:09Shahid Beheshti's belief in the book "Truth and Falsehood from the Perspective of Islam and
00:19:13the Quran," he states that
00:19:17there are many hadiths that say religion is half
00:19:20fairness. He goes back and says, "I say all
00:19:23religion is fairness. What you do not like for yourself, you should
00:19:27not like for others." The reality
00:19:30is
00:19:33that I see no fairness in them. One
00:19:37of the issues that was said, and you had raised
00:19:40it with the martyred Leader, was the return of Iranians
00:19:44living abroad during the 12-day war. Well, Iranians living abroad, with
00:19:47different views, stood behind the country,
00:19:51and also in this war, despite the criticisms they had
00:19:54regarding the governance inside the country, they stood behind
00:19:58the armed forces, behind the country. The question is, did you
00:20:02discuss this with the martyred Leader? Did you ask
00:20:06for his help to resolve this issue? Well, I told
00:20:08him that we were supposed to write a letter to him.
00:20:12I also told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I told
00:20:15our own people, that, so to speak,
00:20:19instruct our security systems not to create problems
00:20:23for any Iranian who wants to come to Iran,
00:20:26unless if someone
00:20:30got a visa and came inside and had a problem, they should
00:20:33be told to return from there, not to be arrested
00:20:37here. Whoever can come to Iran, they should be able to come to Iran easily,
00:20:41they should not be arrested, and
00:20:43this had been approved, and it was supposed to continue until the end,
00:20:47so that we could do this work. Every Iranian who lives
00:20:51abroad, this is his home, he can come, he can leave
00:20:55easily, and we should not create
00:20:58obstacles for him. If we are going to create obstacles, we should tell him not
00:21:02to come from the beginning. If he comes, we tell him, "Sir, go back, if you stay, we will arrest
00:21:05you." Not to arrest him here and
00:21:08not let him go back. That's dishonorable. What was
00:21:11the Leader's reaction, Mr. President? Did he agree with your opinion?
00:21:15If he didn't believe it, he wouldn't approve it.
00:21:18The Leader is not like
00:21:38that. After that assassination, did you
00:21:41visit the martyred Leader of the Revolution? People want to know what
00:21:45happened in that meeting. No, that day we were supposed to meet the Leader
00:21:49at 5 o'clock. It was 4:30 or
00:21:525, and while we were in the meeting,
00:21:56they bombed the place. So
00:21:58it didn't happen.
00:22:01We survived and came out.
00:22:05And then when we came out, our whole body was covered
00:22:09in dust, and our legs were
00:22:11wounded, and we had hemarthrosis,
00:22:14there was blood in our knees, and
00:22:17in short, they said, "Sir, he is still
00:22:20waiting for you." It was around 6:30. By the time it was
00:22:247, we arrived. They were just waiting to see us. Sir,
00:22:27and there we explained the situation,
00:22:30and he gave some instructions
00:22:34and prayed for us anyway. And in short,
00:22:37we returned home from the meeting.
00:22:41I said he was truly a supporter,
00:22:45like a mountain, for supporting
00:22:46the government.
00:22:49And more. If we had any achievements, it was
00:22:52because of his support. Now that some
00:22:56people have found an opportunity, they are saying things
00:22:59or they are unaware, or they don't know our
00:23:03situation, or
00:23:07they lack fairness. After the bitter
00:23:09events of January 8th and 9th,
00:23:13you had a meeting with the Supreme Leader. Can you tell us about the feelings
00:23:17of that meeting? Both he was upset
00:23:21and we were extremely upset, because the actions that
00:23:24were taken,
00:23:26and the management of the situation was not prepared.
00:23:30Many people were harmed,
00:23:31and
00:23:36neither he nor we can ever forget
00:23:39that many of our young people,
00:23:43a large number of them, died, were martyred.
00:23:46Some of them were harmed. Some of
00:23:50them, some of their body parts were lost.
00:23:54Well, this was very bad for us.
00:23:57Even now, I
00:24:01cannot forget that incident. We
00:24:04should not have reached this point, of course,
00:24:07Trump himself, the dishonorable, said that we had armed
00:24:11these people, so to speak, we were
00:24:14supporting them. And well,
00:24:17it was clear they were doing this, but some innocent people were also mixed
00:24:20with them. In truth, we had problems and
00:24:24still have them. Some people are rightfully
00:24:27raising their problems, and some are taking advantage of this situation
00:24:30to implement their evil and wicked
00:24:34intentions. And this causes
00:24:37the process to become a bit muddled. It says,
00:24:40"Truth is a palace, well-adorned. Desire
00:24:44and lust raise dust, you cannot see."
00:24:47Because when dust is raised, one cannot see.
00:24:50Man, when the issue turns
00:24:53into this riot, one can no longer distinguish friend
00:24:57from foe properly, and the process reaches a point where
00:25:00difficult events occur. We saw that the process
00:25:03is like this. All those who had been martyred,
00:25:07who had died, we said to announce their national
00:25:10codes. Anyone who has more should say so. You
00:25:14see, these people who sit abroad, then they pretend
00:25:18to be concerned, they pretend to be knowledgeable, and sometimes
00:25:21they present themselves as so enlightened and scholarly
00:25:25that one imagines it's really like this. They said
00:25:29a number like 30,000 or 40,000 and then incited
00:25:33people to protest. This shows how dishonorable and
00:25:37traitorous they are. You met with the Leader of the Revolution
00:25:40and mentioned this in one of your speeches. People want to know what was
00:25:44the most important characteristic of him as
00:25:47the Leader of the Revolution that formed in your mind? Look, I have said
00:25:50this many times, openly, in secret,
00:25:54in private. In terms of ethics,
00:25:57in terms of logic, in terms of, so to speak,
00:26:00humility,
00:26:02he was truly exceptional. And that's why I say if
00:26:06we confide and speak with him, we can get along
00:26:09with him more easily. He was a completely
00:26:12logical person, and his patience
00:26:16was very good, because whatever I said, so that he would
00:26:19know, he dealt with us
00:26:22with kindness and very beautifully with logic.
00:26:25That's why some of the things they sometimes come and say, "Sir, he
00:26:29said this," for example, the person I saw is not the image
00:26:33they portray of him. The course of this
00:26:36situation is such that unfortunately, it allows some
00:26:39malicious people to interpret it differently, to show
00:26:43a different
00:27:30that we tolerate a little bit,
00:27:3310% saving in daily energy is 900,000
00:27:36barrels of oil. 20% is
00:27:391,800,000 barrels. The total oil we are
00:27:42selling, if they even open it, is 1,600,000.
00:27:4620% saving is 1,800,000. It's as easy as
00:27:50drinking water to implement 20%. All
00:27:54the money, instead of giving it to electricity, to water, to energy that we are
00:27:58wasting, we give it to our staff, to the people, to those who should
00:28:01be there. Then people won't have problems. In truth, if
00:28:05such help is provided, we will solve people's problems, and we
00:28:09want to solve people's
00:30:35It's 5 AM, and greetings again to you, Mr. President. In
00:30:38a televised interview, referring to the support of the martyred
00:30:42Leader for the government, he said: With his martyrdom, we lost
00:30:46a great asset and support, and the enemies
00:30:49imagined the collapse of Iran, but the Islamic Revolution
00:30:53continued its path
00:30:55with strength. We lost a great
00:30:58support, especially the government.