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Leader Calls on Muslims to Return to Their Original Islamic Identity

Leader Urges Regional Nations to Prevent Hegemons from Hijacking Their Movements

Leader’s Address During Eid ul-Fitr Prayers

Leader’s Speech to Government Officials and Ambassadors of Islamic Countries

Leader’s Speech in a Meeting with President Ahmadinejad and Cabinet Members

Leader: Sanctions Doomed to Failure

In a meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cabinet members, Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the sanctions imposed on Iran are doomed to failure, further stressing: "Considering global realities, it is not possible to continue these sanctions for a long time, and it is necessary to counteract these sanctions through economic jihad, reliance on God and purposeful and clever moves."

Leader’s Speech to University Professors

Leader Meets University Professors

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met today with hundreds of university professors. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted the importance of Quds Day rallies and said: "Quds Day is an international Islamic occasion and it is an important day on which the Iranian nation and other Muslim nations shout a truth that the arrogant powers had tried to silence for at least 60 years."

Leader’s Address to People Active in Economic Sector

Leader Meets Economic Experts

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met today with a group of economic experts from private and public sectors of the country. At the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei stressed the need for increased efforts to realize the goals specified in the 20-Year Strategic Plan and added: "With the ineffective weapon of sanctions, the enemy is trying to bring the Iranian nation and the Islamic Republic to their knees, but they will fail in this aggressive objective because of the economic jihad by our people and government officials. Being full of hope about the future, the Iranian nation will achieve the position it deserves."

Leader: Regional Developments Influenced by Islamic Revolution

In a meeting with a number of poets, Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution explained the characteristics of Islamic Awakening in the region and reiterated that the recent developments in the region have been influenced by the impressive movement of the Iranian nation.

Leader’s Office Urges Iranians to Aid People of Somalia

Following the drought crisis and famine in the Horn of Africa, particularly in Somalia, the Leader's office issued a statement calling on all Iranians to aid the famine-stricken people of Somalia.

Leader’s Speech to Students

More than 70 years of continuous oppression of the Palestinian people

Despite the fact that the US is the cruelest and most merciless government in the world, it “advocates” for human rights in its propaganda! It “advocates” for the rights of the oppressed, it advocates for animal rights! Well, they should be disgraced. These things must be brought to the surface. These things must be promoted at an international level. Look at the oppressive acts they have committed against Palestinians. In the present time, the Palestinians are subject to oppression and cruelty on a daily basis. For one, two, ten, twenty, and now seventy years this oppression has been continuing, and the U.S. government has been behind it. Today, they continue to operate behind this oppression [against Palestinians] as well. Well, this should be explained.

Steadfastly attend to profound cultural and intellectual activities

Should engage in profound, purposeful and planned intellectual and cultural work. Sometimes the enemy openly attacks our academic environment. This is where you should have an active presence, just like the issues that happened during the fitna of the year 1388 or similar other issues. Other times there is no open aggression. In such cases, our student organizations should play an important intellectual role... It is necessary to do profound work regarding logical issues. Sentimental work should be avoided in the case of political issues of the country. Of course emotions are good and pure. I am not at all opposed to expressing emotions and being emotional, especially in the case of our youth. It is neither possible nor favorable to suppress emotions. However, apart from these things, logical thinking is necessary, especially when it comes to political issues.

Leader Meets Students

Leader: “Iran’s International Dignity Is Increasing”

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution met with the heads of the three branches of government, chairman of the Assembly of Experts, cabinet members, members of the Majlis, military commanders and government officials from different organizations of the country. Speaking at the meeting, The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that Iran's international dignity is increasing and added: "Today the Islamic Republic of Iran is a respected and influential country that enjoys international dignity."

Do not forget forbidding what is wrong

And through "resolving discord, spreading good behavior and covering faults". We should improve the relationship between those who have problems with each other. When it comes to revealing things about other people, we should only reveal their good characteristics. If you know about a good thing that a person or a government official has done, that is what you should reveal about him. Conversely, you must not go public with a negative thing that you happen to know about a particular person. But this does not mean that you should not advise them against bad deeds. Those who are doing something wrong should be told in private what is wrong with what they are doing. But revealing such things in public is not advisable. There are many things that can be said in this regard. What I said is only part of the dua. There were 22, 23 points in the dua and I only touched on 6, 7 of them. We should push our hearts in this direction. We should ask God to "clothe us in the ornaments of the God-fearing". After all, we have no other option. Fasting has been made obligatory so that we can "learn self-restraint". [The Holy Quran, 2: 183]. God prescribed fasting so that we can observe piety. These are some of the requirements of piety.

Fasting is a divine gift that Allah the Exalted has bestowed on believers

The late Hajj Mirza Javad Maleki Tabrizi - the famous Islamic mystic - says in his book "Al-Muraqibat" that fasting is a divine gift that Allah the Exalted has bestowed on believers and His servants. He says, "Fasting is not an obligation, rather it is an honor for which we should be thankful to God." Fasting, which is the sign of God's respect for His servants, is something which we should appreciate and for which we should be thankful to God. He mentions many benefits for the thirst and hunger of the month of Ramadan, which believers consider themselves obligated to tolerate. He extracted these benefits from Islamic narrations and the knowledge originated from the enlightened heart of this great man. Among the most important benefits is that this hunger and thirst give the heart a kind of purity which prepares the ground for thinking and "one hour of thinking is better than years of worship."

Leader’s Speech to Government Officials

Leader’s Address to Instructors and Reciters of Holy Quran

Leader Gives Financial Aid to Somalia

Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution donated 200,000,000 rials (approximately USD 19,000) to the famine-stricken people of Somalia.

Formation of the Board for Arbitration and Coordination

Ayatollah Khamenei- Leader of the Islamic Revolution- in order to assess and advise in matters concerning arbitration and coordination of relations between the three branches of government, according to Article 110, Section 7 of the Constitution, establishes the Board for Arbitration and Coordination of Relations Between the Three Branches of Government and appoints Ayatollah Hashemi Shahrudi as its chairman.

Leader Visits Naval Base in Southern Iran

In a visit to a naval base in southern Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces was briefed on the activities of the Navy in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and international waters.

Leader’s Speech to Naval Forces in Bandar Abbas

Leader Urges National Unity

In a meeting with thousands of Navy officers and their families in the southern city of Bandar Abbas, Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution urged all Iranians, especially government officials and political groups, to preserve national unity.

Leader Meets Navy Officers

In a meeting with Iranian Navy officers in the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei the Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces said that Iran's Navy is present in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in order to protect the country's interests.

Leader’s Speech to Librarians and Library Officials

Leader Announces General Employment Policies

After consulting with the Expediency Council, Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution announced general employment policies to the heads of the three braches of the government, the head of the Assembly of Experts and the chairman of the Guardian Council. The following is the full text of these policies

Leader Meets with President of Pakistan