Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this evening with a group of entrepreneurs active in the fields of production, industry, mining, agriculture, and health care. Speaking during the meeting, His Eminence referred to entrepreneurship as a kind of worship and added: "Today, the Islamic Republic is in need of promoting entrepreneurship more than ever before."
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the importance of entrepreneurship in Islam and said: "Besides creation of wealth, promoting employment prepares the ground for utilizing human talents."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the country's preparedness for making a quantum leap and the economic pressure exerted on the country by the enemies are the reasons behind the country's urgent need for labor and entrepreneurship.
Ayatollah Khamenei also referred to the economic pressures and sanctions which are imposed on the country by the domineering powers and stated: "In order to counter such pressures, we have to build an economy that is resistant to pressures in the true sense of the word. This is the real meaning of entrepreneurship."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the domineering powers intend to restore their evil domination over the country by imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic. He further stated: "The enemies of the nation are trying to render the people helpless by placing the country under economic pressure. They are trying to make the people think that such pressures are the result of the performance of the administration."
He added that the enemies are trying to break the relation between the people and the administration. "But like the past thirty years, they have failed to understand the Iranian people and their calculations are incorrect."
Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated: "The Iranian nation and the officials will undoubtedly circumvent the sanctions and will render them ineffective just like they have in the past three decades. And they will continue to make progress."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to some of the problems mentioned by the entrepreneurs during the meeting and said that implementing the policies mentioned in Article 44 of the Constitution in a complete, accurate, and continuous manner will help solve many of these problems.
He further urged the administration to manage financial resources in an accurate and prudent manner and improve labor conditions of the country.
Ayatollah Khamenei also urged the country's entrepreneurs to make constant efforts to improve the quality of domestic products and added: "The people are aware that using foreign products will lead to unemployment of Iranian workers. But entrepreneurs should now that convincing the people to use domestic products cannot be achieved through slogans. Rather, the quality of domestic products needs to be improved."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that excessive imports are a great danger for the country and added that the country's officials should manage imports on the basis of the goals and needs of the country.