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Leader’s Message Condemning Anti-Islam Film

The following is the full text of the message issued on September 13, 2012 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution to condemn an American-made film which insults the Holy Prophet of Islam (s.w.a.)

Leader Meets with Chairman and Members of Assembly of Experts

Leader Meets with Chairman of North Korean Assembly

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Saturday morning with Kim Yong-nam the Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Speaking at the meeting, His Eminence said that Iran and North Korea have similar positions in many areas and stressed that it is necessary to be serious on the path to one's noble goals and not to let one's determination be undermined by pressures, sanctions and threats.

Leader Meets with President of Guinea Bissau

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Saturday morning with Serifo Nhamadjo the President of Guinea Bissau. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that the Non-Aligned Movement has very good capacities for various kinds of cooperation among the member states, adding: "If the member states of this movement establish wide-ranging relations within the framework of the Non-Aligned Movement, the efforts of the domineering powers to impose pressures and sanctions on independent countries will be rendered ineffective."

Leader Meets with President of Mongolia

Leader Meets with President of Benin

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Friday evening with the President of Benin who is also the chairman of the African Union. Speaking at the meeting, President Yayi Boni said that the African Union is ready to have serious and close relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, current head of the Non-Aligned Movement. He said that comprising around two-thirds of the UN member states and fifty three percent of the world population, the member states of the Non-Aligned Movement have a very good and significant capacity.

Leader Meets with Algerian Parliament Speaker

Leader Meets with President of Pakistan

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met today with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that terrorism has been imposed on regional nations by the west and reiterated: "Wherever America and other western powers go, they give rise to malevolence, corruption and insecurity."

Leader Meets with President of Sudan

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Friday evening with the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.

Leader Meets with Sri Lankan President

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this evening with the President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that unity between friendly states strengthens their position, increases their power and secures their national interests.

Leader Meets with Prime Minister of Syria

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Friday evening with the Prime Minister of Syria Wael Nader al-Halqi and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting, His Eminence said that America and the Zionist regime are the main elements behind the tragic events that are happening in Syria. He stressed: "The Non-Aligned Movement is definitely more entitled than America, NATO and certain European countries to become politically involved in the issues of Syria."

Leader Meets with Iraqi Prime Minister

Leader Meets with Prime Minister of Bangladesh

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Friday morning with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wajed and her accompanying delegation. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the cultural and historical background of Iran and Bangladesh and said that Farsi used to be a common language in Bangladesh in the distant past. He stressed that deep cultural relationships prepare the ground for political, international, economic and social cooperation.

Leader Meets with Indonesian Vice President

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Friday with the Indonesian Vice President Boediono and his accompanying delegation. At the meeting, His Eminence referred to the main values of the Non-Aligned Movement and the capacities and resources of the member states, stressing: "The main goal of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement was not to establish a ceremonial organization, rather they were after a significant and alive movement and it is necessary to revive this goal."

Leader Meets with President of Tajikistan

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Thursday evening with the Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Speaking at the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that common language and culture of the regional countries can prepare the ground for expanding and strengthening bilateral and multi-lateral relations and for building a better future.

Human life is considered cheap in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and expensive in U.S. and Western Europe

Human life is considered cheap in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and expensive in America and Western Europe. The security of America and Europe is considered important, while the security of the rest of humanity is considered unimportant. Torture and assassination are permissible and completely ignored if they are carried out by America, the Zionists and their puppets. It does not trouble their conscience that they have secret prisons in various places on different continents, in which defenseless prisoners who have no legal representation and have not been tried in a court of law are treated in the most hideous and detestable way. Good and evil are defined in a completely one-sided and selective way. They impose their interests on the nations of the world in the name of “international law”. They impose their domineering and illegal demands in the name of “international community”. Using their exclusive and organized media network, they disguise their lies as the truth, their falsehood as true, and their oppression as efforts to promote justice. In contrast, they brand as lies every true statement that exposes their deceit and label every legitimate demand as roguish.

killing people, occupying Arab territories and organizing state terror

The Zionist regime, which has carried out assassinations and caused conflicts and crimes for decades by waging disastrous wars, killing people, occupying Arab territories and organizing state terror in the region and in the world, labels the Palestinian people as “terrorists”, the people who have stood up to fight for their rights. And the media networks which belong to Zionism and many of the Western and mercenary media repeat this great lie in violation of ethical values and journalistic commitment, and the political leaders who claim to defend human rights have closed their eyes on all these crimes and support that criminal regime shamelessly and boldly and assume the role of their advocates.

They target defenseless people in villages in the name of “combating terrorism”

The UN Security Council has an illogical, unjust and completely undemocratic structure and mechanism. This is a flagrant form of dictatorship, which is antiquated and obsolete and whose expiry date has passed. It is through abusing this improper mechanism that America and its accomplices have managed to disguise their bullying as noble concepts and impose it on the world. They protect the interests of the West in the name of “human rights”. They interfere militarily in other countries in the name of “democracy”. They target defenseless people in villages and cities with their bombs and weapons in the name of “combating terrorism”.

Leader Meets with Lebanese President

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Thursday evening with the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Lebanon enjoys a particularly important and sensitive position in the region, adding: "Certain foreign countries are trying to spread the problems of some of the regional countries to Lebanon, but cooperation and solidarity of Lebanese groups and tribes and their reliance on resistance as an important value can make these activities unsuccessful."

Leader Meets with President of Zimbabwe

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met Thursday evening with the President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe. At the meeting, President Mugabe announced that Iran's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement is very good news which has created hope in the hearts of the countries which are after justice, freedom and independence.

Leader Meets with Turkmen President

Some countries possess nukes to dispel threats; We reject this conception

It is most unfortunate to see that countries possessing the largest nuclear arsenals have no serious and genuine intention of removing these deadly weapons from their military doctrines and they still consider such weapons as an instrument that dispels threats and as an important standard that defines their political and international position. This conception needs to be completely rejected and condemned.

All countries should be able to employ nuclear energy

On the basis of international laws, peaceful use of nuclear energy is a right of every country. All should be able to employ this wholesome source of energy for various vital uses for the benefit of their country and people, without having to depend on others for exercising this right. Some Western countries, themselves possessing nuclear weapons and guilty of this illegal action, want to monopolize the production of nuclear fuel. Surreptitious moves are under way to consolidate a permanent monopoly over production and sale of nuclear fuel in centers carrying an international label but in fact within the control of a few Western countries.

The only country guilty of using nuclear weapons claims opposition to nuclear proliferation

A bitter irony of our era is that the U.S. government, which possesses the largest and deadliest stockpiles of nuclear arms and other weapons of mass destruction and the only country guilty of its use, is today eager to carry the banner of opposition to nuclear proliferation. The U.S. and its Western allies have armed the usurper Zionist regime with nuclear weapons and created a major threat for this sensitive region. Yet the same deceitful group does not tolerate the peaceful use of nuclear energy by independent countries, and even opposes, with all its strength, the production of nuclear fuel for radiopharmaceuticals and other peaceful and humane purposes. Their pretext is fear of production of nuclear weapons. In the case of the Islamic Republic of Iran, they themselves know that they are lying, but lies are sanctioned by the kind of politics that is completely devoid of the slightest trace of spirituality. One who makes nuclear threats in the 21st century and does not feel ashamed, will he feel ashamed of lying?

Nuclear weapons do not safeguard any political power

Nuclear weapons neither ensure security, nor do they consolidate political power, rather they are a threat to both security and political power. The events that took place in the 1990s showed that the possession of such weapons could not even safeguard a regime like the former Soviet Union. And today we see certain countries which are exposed to waves of deadly insecurity despite possessing atomic bombs.

Nuclear weapon is Haraam; Nuclear energy is a right

The Islamic Republic of Iran considers the use of nuclear, chemical and similar weapons as a great and unforgivable sin. We proposed the idea of “Middle East free of nuclear weapons” and we are committed to it. This does not mean forgoing our right to peaceful use of nuclear power and production of nuclear fuel

Nukes do not safeguard any power

Nuclear weapons neither ensure security, nor do they consolidate political power, rather they are a threat to both security and political power. The events that took place in the 1990s showed that the possession of such weapons could not even safeguard a regime like the former Soviet Union. And today we see certain countries which are exposed to waves of deadly insecurity despite possessing atomic bombs.

Leader's Inaugural Speech at the 16th Non-Aligned Summit + Video

The following is the full text of Ayatollah Khamenei’s inaugural address delivered on August 30, 2012 at the 16th Non-Aligned Summit in Tehran.

Leader Meets with UN Secretary General

Leader Meets with Indian Prime Minister

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met this evening with the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his accompanying delegation. Speaking at the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the history of Iran-India relations and stressed: "The Iranian people have always had a positive attitude towards India, which provides very good grounds for further expansion of relations between the two countries."