Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this morning with thousands of teachers from across the country. Speaking at the meeting, His Eminence said that the most important characteristic of teachers is that they can turn their students into outstanding scholars and righteous, knowledgeable and capable individuals.
Ayatollah Khamenei called on the people, the educational system and teachers to appreciate the role and position of teachers and reiterated: "Correct, wise and caring actions of teachers can definitely lay a firm foundation in society in order to solve many of the cultural, ethical and behavioral problems."
His Eminence referred to the spread of public education to the remotest parts of the country and added: "In recent years praiseworthy measures have been adopted in the educational system and the most important measure among them was preparing the document for transforming the educational system, and the main mission is to implement the document."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed: "The requirement for implementing the document for transforming the educational system is accurate planning, and preparing and following a roadmap until we achieve the specified goals."
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the important role of the educational system in training the youth and promoting moral virtues in society, further stating: "The educational system should create role models for our youth and teenagers, and the best role models are our martyred youth and teenagers."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated: "Besides the educational system, the organizations in charge of public relations, the IRIB, governmental organizations and the clergy have an important role to play in presenting role models in society."
Elsewhere in his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the second round of the 9th parliamentary elections and added: "The people of Iran have always done the right thing at the right time in a vigilant way. An outstanding example is the brilliant and large turnout of the people in the first round of the parliamentary elections in Esfand and this awareness of the conditions will have its effect."
His Eminence said that the parliamentary election is not over yet and stressed: "The Iranian people will take a long stride on the 15th of Ordibehesht and once again they will show the world their awareness of the conditions by going to the ballot boxes and completing the 9th Majlis."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed that in order to succeed in current conditions, the people of nations should be vigilantly present on the scene and bring their potentialities into the arena. He added: "By Allah's favor, the Iranian nation is present on the scene and it is insightful and aware of the conditions. The Iranian nation knows its enemy well and will not be deceived by his hypocritical pretense of friendship."
Ayatollah Khamenei said that election is a manifestation of being present on the scene and reiterated: "With the conflict going on among the materialistic powers, the Iranian nation should always be present on the scene and maintain its vigilance in order to be able to defend its rights and the rights of its future generations."
At the end of his statements, Ayatollah Khamenei said that there are bright prospects for the Iranian nation and added: "By Allah's grace, the future of Islamic Iran will definitely be better than its current conditions."