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00:00:35It's two o'clock. The president, in a televised interview, announced
00:00:38a reduction in electricity and gas outages this winter.
00:00:42Mr. Pezeshkian said: The fourteenth government was trying
00:00:46to bring 30,000 megawatts of electricity into the grid
00:00:49through the development of solar panels to minimize energy imbalance,
00:00:53but the attacks of America and the Zionist
00:00:57regime prevented this goal from being reached, and electricity
00:01:00generation from solar panels reached 7,000
00:01:04megawatts.
00:01:07This year, for winter, despite our power plants being hit,
00:01:10despite nearly 230 million
00:01:14cubic meters of gas per day being cut off
00:01:17from us.
00:01:19You saw very few power outages,
00:01:22and I hope you don't see any
00:01:26more from now on. In this heat, some areas were cut off.
00:01:30We even planned not to cut off electricity
00:01:34and energy for
00:01:37industries and workshops, and we are trying to do this. These
00:01:41are all with the cooperation, empathy, and
00:01:45orientations we had,
00:01:48the assistance that people provided us.
00:01:52We were able to solve the problem for winter with this 230 million cubic
00:01:55meters of gas that we are short of. We are designing
00:01:58so that, God willing, people do not face problems in winter.
00:02:02نشن.
00:02:06The government's follow-up for strengthening the coupon system, a joint meeting
00:02:09of the Ministers of Economy and Labor was held to determine payment
00:02:13regulations. In the continuation of coordination among
00:02:16executive bodies, the technical and executive dimensions
00:02:19of determining coupon payment regulations, how to provide
00:02:23resources, precise identification of the target group, and inter-agency
00:02:26coordination were examined. This meeting continues
00:02:30the government's coordination process for a more targeted implementation
00:02:33of the electronic coupon plan and strengthening support for
00:02:37the target deciles.
00:02:38رود.
00:02:42For 158 nights, the people's epic presence
00:02:45stood firm in resistance until the complete defeat
00:02:49of the enemy.
00:02:50کردند.
00:02:54We made a covenant in the era
00:02:58of Khomeini. Every night, the squares sing the song
00:03:01of unity of people whose existence shatters
00:03:05the enemy's awe. The people have been on the streets
00:03:08for 158 nights. We
00:03:11are obligated for our land, for the blood
00:03:15that has been shed. The resistance and existence of the Iranian people. We do not
00:03:19submit to force. Indeed, the enemy retreats from our large
00:03:22presence. He is afraid. The American enemy's
00:03:26boasting and lies continue, but the people's resistance
00:03:30and the crushing response of the armed forces have so confused the enemy
00:03:33that he is repeatedly forced to retreat.
00:03:37This is his fear that he retreats, but he cannot announce
00:03:40to the world that I am the loser of this
00:03:43sand game. He just lies. Whenever he sees our people's
00:03:47steadfastness, he
00:03:48retreats.
00:03:58The fields
00:05:06of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Supreme Political Council of Yemen, in
00:05:10separate statements, defended the recent operations of the armed forces
00:05:14of this country against the mercenaries affiliated with Saudi
00:05:18Arabia, and held Riyadh responsible for the escalation of tensions.
00:05:21The Yemeni Foreign Ministry announced that these operations were a response
00:05:25to Saudi Arabia's military movements and the establishment of
00:05:28military camps on Yemeni soil, and emphasized that
00:05:31until the siege is lifted and the occupation ends,
00:05:35the right to respond to any hostile action is reserved.
00:05:38The Supreme Political Council of Yemen also, while appreciating the operations
00:05:41of the forces of this country,
00:05:45announced that these attacks thwarted Saudi Arabia's plan to start
00:05:49a ground operation. The council emphasized
00:05:52that the equation of siege for siege and escalation
00:05:56for escalation will continue, and any
00:05:59military action by Riyadh will be met with a painful
00:06:03response.
00:06:12A narrative of the blessed shrine that, from
00:06:15its own income, with the help of benefactors, sends first-time pilgrims
00:06:19to holy Karbala. The servants of the holy
00:06:22shrine of Imamzadeh Mohammad Sakineh Khatoon not only
00:06:26during Arbaeen but throughout the year host first-time
00:06:29pilgrims and those with limited
00:06:31means.
00:06:34A narrative that begins from this blessed shrine
00:06:38until it reaches the alleys of Karbala.
00:06:41بین.
00:06:47And that for anyone who has come from a path
00:06:49and whose path ends here.
00:06:52Wherever a pilgrim comes from, we do the reception
00:06:56work. They invited us here
00:06:59for accommodation and rest. We had been walking for three
00:07:03or four days. Servants who, in every way,
00:07:07are dedicated to the work to provide service.
00:07:10Thank God, I have had the opportunity
00:07:14to be on the path of Imam Hussein to serve Imam Hussein
00:07:17and the pilgrims of Imam Hussein. God willing,
00:07:20our master will be pleased with us.
00:07:23Enduring the heat next to the cauldron is only
00:07:27summarized in love. God willing, the pilgrims will be pleased with us,
00:07:31especially Aba Abdillah. It doesn't matter
00:07:34what ethnicity the pilgrim is. Our
00:07:37goal is to serve the love of Hussein. A service that does not recognize
00:07:41age. To prove this sentence,
00:07:45from childhood, I have been a servant of this respected lineage. I
00:07:48feel good here that I can take a step for the lovers
00:07:52of Imam Hussein. It doesn't matter what I do,
00:07:55whether in service or in the kitchen, it is a place
00:07:59where, besides rest, other
00:08:02events also happen. In this
00:08:04Husseiniyeh, in addition to accommodating pilgrims
00:08:08of Imam Hussein, there are classes to resolve doubts about religious
00:08:11rulings and also.
00:08:43To facilitate the pilgrimage
00:08:46of first-time pilgrims. The name
00:08:49of the shrine, which now, alongside the names of its benefactors,
00:08:53resonates throughout the year, not just during Arbaeen,
00:08:56in the streets of Karbala until it reaches
00:09:00Bain al-Haramain. Amir Hossein Khademi,
00:09:03dispatched reporter for IRIB News Agency, holy Karbala.
00:10:00Mr. President, our economic situation
00:10:04is experiencing severe imbalances. A significant portion
00:10:07of these imbalances is due to years of continuous sanctions,
00:10:10which, as a result, generally
00:10:13led to a significant increase in inflation. People's purchasing
00:10:17power has weakened, and people's tables have become
00:10:19smaller. Mr.
00:10:21Pezeshkian, when you took
00:10:25office, what was the economic situation?
00:10:29The situation when we took over the government is again
00:10:33extensive, but the outcome
00:10:35was that we had to face power cuts, water, gas,
00:10:39and such in winter.
00:10:42Our energy reserves
00:10:45were only 1.2 billion liters.
00:10:48And until Aban, they said it was enough.
00:10:52After that, we didn't have fuel
00:10:55to run our power plants.
00:10:58We also had a gas shortage.
00:11:01The discussion was that in winter, we would have neither electricity nor
00:11:05heating. But with cooperation, empathy, and
00:11:09management, it didn't
00:11:11happen.
00:11:14And again, it was the people who helped us a lot
00:11:17with their electricity and gas consumption. And we, from our side,
00:11:21tried to strengthen our power plants. These very solar panels that were launched,
00:11:25now nearly 7,000 megawatts of them have entered
00:11:29the scene. 7,000 megawatts means again 7 billion dollars,
00:11:32money that we don't have, but it has entered the scene
00:11:36and is starting up. This not only, from one
00:11:39side,
00:11:42is solving our energy problem and is expanding
00:11:46every day, despite this war, conflict,
00:11:49and siege that exists. We were supposed to install 30,000
00:11:53megawatts of solar panels.
00:11:56But due to these problems we had, we couldn't reach the goal
00:11:59we want. Of course, the program law is generally 12,000 megawatts
00:12:03in 5 years, but we are not at all pursuing
00:12:07that law. We are pursuing solving our own problem
00:12:10with clean energy as much as we can
00:12:14and have the potential and ability so that the fuel that
00:12:17we are in fact
00:12:19cheap to waste, pollute the air,
00:12:23and then face shortages, and this has happened.
00:12:26This year, for winter, despite our power plants being hit,
00:12:30despite nearly 230 million
00:12:33cubic meters of gas per day being cut off
00:12:37from us,
00:12:40you saw very few power outages,
00:12:43and I hope you don't see any
00:12:47more from now on. In this heat, some areas were cut off.
00:12:50We even planned not to cut off
00:12:54the electricity and energy of industries
00:12:57and workshops, and we are trying to do this. These
00:13:01are all with the cooperation,
00:13:04empathy, and orientations we had,
00:13:07the assistance that people
00:13:11provided us. We were able to solve the problem
00:13:14for winter with this 230 million cubic meters of gas that we are short of.
00:13:18We are designing so that, God
00:13:21willing, people do not face problems in winter, and we will do this.
00:13:25By the grace of God, with the help of the people and with the empathy
00:13:28and cooperation that exists among the branches of government,
00:13:32and the awareness we must give to the people so they cooperate. Another
00:13:35aspect of this bankruptcy is the imbalance in the economy,
00:13:39which manifests itself in people's livelihoods and tables.
00:13:42Previously, we had problems due to sanctions,
00:13:46now a naval blockade has also been added, which intensifies this
00:13:49economic imbalance.
00:13:53What economic situation did the government inherit from previous
00:13:57governments? What was the situation when you took over the government?
00:14:00They expected the country to collapse because of
00:14:04the pressures they exerted, and
00:14:07this has happened over the years. It doesn't have much to do
00:14:11with this government or that government. They were exerting this pressure
00:14:14and putting our economy day by
00:14:17day in a tight spot, creating
00:14:20problems. Now, in our government, this pressure
00:14:23is maximum.
00:14:26Now they are surprised in analyses why we
00:14:28didn't fall. We
00:14:32again, with the cooperation of experts, we now
00:14:36have numerous meetings with academics, with
00:14:39managers, with university economists, with economics professors
00:14:42of the university, with sociology professors, with communications
00:14:46professors, and universities have come to the scene.
00:14:50Meetings with industrialists, Chamber of Industries, meetings with Chamber
00:14:53of Commerce, meetings with guilds. I myself have held
00:14:57many meetings. The esteemed minister has held meetings
00:15:00many times, and with their help, we are trying to remove
00:15:04the obstacles from their path. They have come to help us
00:15:07to solve the problems.
00:15:11This doesn't mean that we have been able to solve all problems.
00:15:14Sanctions are a reality. We, when we cannot sell
00:15:18our oil, it means we will not have
00:15:21foreign exchange, or we will have less. When we had less,
00:15:25naturally, we will have problems, and these
00:15:29problems we must find a way to solve
00:15:32as much as we can to lessen and lessen
00:15:36them. This will happen, but
00:15:39its rapid occurrence is difficult. This
00:15:42path they closed, naturally, we are designing various
00:15:45paths with our neighbors.
00:15:49We are expanding our trade with them. We are increasing
00:15:52our exchange. Since we cannot transfer money,
00:15:55naturally, they are acting in a bartering manner.
00:15:58Our relationship with our neighbors
00:16:01is much better than before. Neighboring countries
00:16:05have very good cooperation with us. Actually, one of the programs that was during this
00:16:09war
00:16:12was the unrest and tensions from the northwest and
00:16:15southeast. They said a number of people come from there
00:16:19and cause unrest there. The countries of the region themselves
00:16:22did not allow anyone to easily enter from that side
00:16:26and cause unrest. This is a very big deal.
00:16:30This is a very big deal. It means
00:16:32our neighbors did not allow a group of
00:16:35people to come over here.
00:16:39Not only did they not do that, but they helped
00:16:41us. These are easy to say, but
00:16:45achieving this understanding and empathy among neighbors
00:16:48and within the country,
00:16:51which has now caused problems for all their plans
00:16:55and schemes, was not an easy task,
00:16:59and this is due to the blessing of the cooperation, empathy,
00:17:02and support of our martyred
00:17:06Supreme Leader. At that time, he strongly
00:17:09supported the government and its policies.
00:17:13Whenever we faced difficulties, we would approach him, and he
00:17:17would support us
00:17:21with all his might. If we have been able to endure so far,
00:17:25it was thanks to those policies, guidelines, cooperation, and
00:17:28the blessings of our martyred Supreme Leader. And today,
00:17:32our dear leader is helping us
00:17:36to achieve unity and cohesion and with the recommendations
00:17:39he is making, we can solve the problems.
00:18:11Dr. let's talk a little more specifically about this issue. One of your
00:18:15actions was the reform of the banking system, which at the beginning
00:18:18of the work, the Future Bank, which previous governments did not dare
00:18:22to act on, your government did with strength.
00:18:25Is this reform being stopped due to the current conditions
00:18:29the country is facing, or will it continue?
00:18:32One of the methods
00:18:36of inflation control is the reform of this banking
00:18:40system, and now, through
00:18:44the Ministry of Economy, there is a plan to manage
00:18:47the imbalances that exist in banks and
00:18:51prevent the banks from using money for purchases
00:18:54and in unproductive areas,
00:18:58and this trend will
00:19:00continue. They are designing,
00:19:04but it's not an easy task either. When
00:19:07I was a representative and deputy speaker of the parliament,
00:19:10there was a fund in Mashhad
00:19:14that had a problem. Every day there were demonstrations
00:19:17in the streets. They couldn't pay their money. They didn't have
00:19:21that large population, nor did they have that much money, but the whole
00:19:25country had protests every day. Now, at that
00:19:27time, we were able to solve it in a way. The Future Bank,
00:19:31which was 10 times that, maybe
00:19:33more, was closed without
00:19:37you finding any protest or concern in society, and this
00:19:41was again with wisdom and management that took
00:19:44shape, and of course, again with the coordination of the judiciary
00:19:48and the esteemed parliament, our brother Mr. Ghalibaf,
00:19:52our brother Mr. Ezhe'i, all
00:19:54of whom made it possible for us to pass
00:19:58through this path without
00:20:00tension.
00:20:02Another one of your actions was the removal of preferential
00:20:05currency. Did you do this by force
00:20:09due to the economic events that occurred,
00:20:12or did you do it with a plan?
00:20:13دادید؟
00:20:17We didn't know there was going to be a war.
00:20:19What we
00:20:23believe
00:20:25is, what can I say, our belief is
00:20:28justice.
00:20:30When we are in a country giving subsidies, the higher
00:20:34deciles usually consume more subsidies than the lower
00:20:37deciles. Electricity, gas, water,
00:20:40I don't know, energy, whatever
00:20:43you want. And this subsidy that we were giving
00:20:47for essential goods, who consumed it more?
00:20:51Whereas we should give this subsidy to those who are most in need.
00:20:54They need it more. The first step we
00:20:58took was to give the money
00:21:00that we were giving for essential goods
00:21:04to the final consumer, because in these
00:21:08comings and goings, in administrations, in purchases,
00:21:11when they wanted to buy, they would, so to speak,
00:21:15say a high price. When they wanted to export
00:21:19abroad, they would say a low price. They wouldn't return the dollar.
00:21:22When they wanted to buy, they would announce a lot to get
00:21:26more dollars, and then when it came to the market, well,
00:21:30you all know various corruptions would take
00:21:33place. They would hide it, use it elsewhere, export
00:21:37something they had bought for, say, $28,
00:21:40and sell it in the market for $100 and so on.
00:21:44But when we brought this dollar and gave it to the final
00:21:47consumer,
00:21:50no more corruption can take place in that path. Anyone who brings
00:21:54goods brings them to the market and sells them. We have put the difference
00:21:57in currency in coupons.
00:22:00Of course, now we must increase the price of
00:22:04coupons because the currency has become more expensive, and essentially,
00:22:08we must be able to increase the amount
00:22:11of coupons so that people can be comfortable. We are trying, because of this
00:22:14currency shortage and these we have, we are facing
00:22:17some problems, but God willing, we will solve this
00:22:21too. Of course, we must do something
00:22:24so that those who
00:22:25don't need
00:22:28government help, but can help themselves,
00:22:32if we can take from them and add to the lower
00:22:35ones, we will be able to establish more justice
00:22:39in reality, because in the world, even in scientific
00:22:43discussions, there are different discussions. For example,
00:22:46in insurance, we took 2,000 tomans from everyone.
00:22:50For treatment. I, who have money and an income
00:22:54of 1 million, with someone who has no money and an income of 10,000
00:22:57tomans, I, who have 10 million or 1 million, would pay 2,000 tomans,
00:23:01and the one who has 10,000 tomans would also pay 2,000.
00:23:05This is, in fact,
00:23:07against justice.
00:23:10It's even worse, because it's not only unjust, but helping
00:23:13with 1,200 tomans for someone with 1 million or, for example,
00:23:1710 million, 20,000 tomans, 20,000 tomans is not a number.
00:23:20But for 1 million, 20,000 tomans is a number.
00:23:23They came and said, make it proportionate. In fact,
00:23:27take a percentage of everyone's salary. When we were ministers,
00:23:30we came and reformed the law.
00:23:33Proportionate to salary, we said they should pay
00:23:37insurance. The just way is
00:23:40to make it progressive. Meaning, whoever receives
00:23:43more money pays more, whoever receives less pays less.
00:23:46This is closer to justice. In the world, they
00:23:49do this. They do it in America, they do it in England, they do it in Germany,
00:23:53meaning countries that actually manage the country with this
00:23:57process, they do this. We now, for the time being,
00:24:00have given a proportionate percentage to the rich and poor.
00:24:03Justice is that we take some
00:24:07from the rich and give it to the poor.
00:24:10We will try to make this happen, and we will make
00:24:14sure that at least we can prevent
00:24:16problems in people's livelihoods. We have problems now,
00:24:20and we are discussing it in the government,
00:24:23and we will definitely do this, God willing. Dr., you
00:24:27moved the subsidy from the beginning of the chain to the end of the chain.
00:24:30This increased demand, meaning many people who were not
00:24:34consumers of certain items became consumers of those items.
00:24:38Do you have a plan to strengthen demand for
00:24:42these items? My information
00:24:45is the opposite of yours. Demand has decreased.
00:24:50It's true that people's purchasing power in deciles one, two,
00:24:54three, four, and five has increased, but many of these things
00:24:57we were importing were being exported
00:25:01from the country. Some of them were not even imported. Many
00:25:05of these neighbors would come and buy goods from Iran at our border
00:25:08and then take them away. With just one dollar, you could buy
00:25:12and take a lot of essential goods in Iran. As a result, all of this
00:25:15was stopped, and we are still controlling it.
00:25:18Now we are evaluating the data on bread consumption,
00:25:21which is currently subsidized. Statistics show that, for example,
00:25:25a family consumed 18 tons of bread in a month.
00:25:28One family 8 tons, 6 tons. It's impossible.
00:25:32They are consuming it in a different way. Now, how
00:25:35are we managing to stop this trend
00:25:39that is a breeding ground for corruption, rent-seeking,
00:25:42bribery, and smuggling?
00:25:45No matter how many supervisors you put, they can't stop this.
00:25:49Well, we've had these supervisors for 48 years, and we couldn't
00:25:52solve it. As long as the ground for corruption exists,
00:25:55you can't stop corruption. When you eliminate the ground,
00:25:59corruption doesn't even exist easily. When I freed
00:26:02the dollar, anyone who received government dollars, it was a rent,
00:26:05a privilege. Everyone had a privilege. As a result, they would
00:26:09fight over who gets it. They would take bribes
00:26:13to get a signature, to get a privilege.
00:26:16Well, we disrupted all of this. Now, no signature is needed;
00:26:20they can easily bring it and sell it in the market.
00:26:23Both administrative signatures and administrative corruption
00:26:27have been eliminated, and problems in customs have been eliminated,
00:26:31and these issues in the market have been self-corrected.
00:26:34Of course, with these sanctions, we haven't reached
00:26:38where we should be yet, but when you eliminate the ground
00:26:41for corruption, corruption cannot exist.
00:26:44Tourists would come and for these $2,000, they would take them around
00:26:48and bring them back. They would return the money.
00:26:51So for someone who went for tourism, it was free, and they would return.
00:26:55They would take our dollars. For what? In other words, those who
00:26:58are richer, so to speak, benefit from this.
00:27:32In these parts, despite all these issues, we are moving forward, and
00:27:36if God helps, if this
00:27:39hadn't happened and war had started, there would have been
00:27:43outages
00:27:46in the market. You wouldn't find anything
00:27:49in the market because we wouldn't have 28-toman dollars to give,
00:27:53and they wouldn't bring goods with free dollars to sell in the market.
00:27:56It's that now people can find everything they want
00:28:00in the market, but it has become expensive. We must compensate
00:28:03for this with food coupons, and God willing, we will compensate
00:28:06for it again. This is because it has eliminated
00:28:09the ground for these corruptions. On
00:28:13the last point, I want to stop. At the time of implementing
00:28:16this plan, many criticisms were raised
00:28:20that society was not ready for the implementation
00:28:23of this program. Do you accept this criticism that the timing
00:28:26of its implementation was not good? For 47 years, we want
00:28:30to do things right, and they say it's not the right time. Whenever you want
00:28:33to do something, they say don't do it now. And each
00:28:36time they make an excuse, and this is dragging us deeper
00:28:40into the quagmire every day. We are forced, meaning
00:28:43if we don't act correctly in water, in electricity, in gas,
00:28:47in gasoline, in diesel, whenever you want to touch it,
00:28:50they say don't touch it now. If you touch it now, there will be a loud outcry.
00:28:54So when should we touch it? I mean, when we are drowned
00:28:57and the country is destroyed and everyone is harmed, should we touch it?
00:29:01We ask the people to help us. We want justice,
00:29:04and in this justice, our entire
00:29:07effort is that if money is to be given
00:29:10from the public treasury, it should be given to everyone
00:29:14based on justice. One of the programs you mentioned
00:29:17during your candidacy was the liberalization of car
00:29:21imports and the privatization of car manufacturers. Has this
00:29:24program been stopped or will
00:29:27Look, this is also
00:29:30being implemented. We transferred Iran Khodro.
00:29:32کردیم
00:29:35Consequently, our Minister of Economy was
00:29:38impeached for saying that this shouldn't have been done,
00:29:42because he doesn't want to. I mean, the resistances, as I said,
00:29:46there is resistance to everything you do. This is it. Saipa and
00:29:49other parts, even various other companies, are currently
00:29:53in the program to be transferred as much as possible.
00:29:56And the transfer is not just privatization;
00:29:59it's a true privatization so that it can manage
00:30:03its own income and expenses, because many of these transfers
00:30:06we have made have become a sanctuary for some.
00:30:10Well, naturally, implementing such things
00:30:13requires both real buyers
00:30:16and a free market, which, at the moment,
00:30:20does not exist in our country in the way it should.
00:30:23We transferred some places, then due to these pressures,
00:30:27they were returned, and now they shouldn't have been
00:30:30returned. Those places that
00:30:32are not working efficiently are also a problem
00:30:36that exists in the country's decision-making system. The resistances
00:30:40against every decision towards liberalization,
00:30:43every one of these things we do, some people
00:30:47are profiting from it. Some people are making a lot
00:30:51of money, so to speak.
00:30:55Well, confronting these people creates an uproar. They never
00:30:58come and say you stopped someone from eating. They say, for example,