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DFIRI Officials Meet the Leader

The scientific progress of the Islamic Republic after Iran’s revolution

Thanks to the Islamic Revolution, the Iranian nation took a great stride forward. Under the former regime, we had a population of 35 or 40 million, and the number of our students comprised only a small percentage of our population. Today, our population has increased twofold, but the number of our students has increased by 15 times, and the number of our university instructors and centers of higher education has grown by a greater proportion. Today, our talented young people have attained the most sophisticated technology. In the former days, if a dam had to be built on a river, they had to beg certain countries and pay them huge amounts of money so that they may construct the dam in this country. Still, the structure of the dam was at times no so reliable. But nowadays our young scientists, engineers and technicians are building a large number of dams in this country.

Residents of Holy City of Qom Call on the Leader

Leader's Speech to Residents of Qom Province

The following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by the Grand Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a meeting with a large group of people from Qom Province on January 8, 2005. The meeting was held on the anniversary of the uprising of the residents of Qom Province against the former Pahlavi regime in 1978.

University Chancellors and Directors of Scientific and Research Centers Meet the Leader

Leader's Address to University Chancellors

The following is the abridged text of a speech made by Grand Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, in a meeting with the Minister of Science, Research and Technology, university chancellors and directors of scientific and research centers. The meeting was held on January 6, 2005.

Officials in Charge of Bam's Reconstruction Meet the Leader

HCCR Members Meet the Leader

We Will Never Back Down in Our Opposition to Foreign Interference: Leader

Members of High Council of Qom Theological School Meet the Leader

Leader Attends Oath-Taking Ceremony at Imam Ali Military Academy

Leader's Speech at Imam Ali Military Academy

The following is an excerpt from an address made by the Grand Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, following an oath-taking ceremony at Imam Ali (greetings be upon him) Military Academy on December 22, 2004. The oath was administered to the second batch of cadets studying at the military academies of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.

Perform Hajj rituals attentively and observantly

The hajj ritual should be performed with complete attention, with concentration and by observing its codes of behavior. Apart from the hajj obligations and the acts that form the outward appearance of hajj, there are certain codes of behavior that constitute the spirit of hajj. Some people preserve the outward appearance of hajj, but they ignore its soul and its truth. A code of behavior in hajj is supplication, dhikr and attention. A code of behavior in hajj is a sense of presence before God at all moments. A code of behavior in hajj is seeking refuge in the safe haven that God has provided for believers and for those who rely on the Holy Essence of God. One should understand and enter this paradise. This is how we should understand hajj. A code of behavior in hajj is peace and tolerance. Showing hostility towards believers, fighting against one’s brothers, violating divine rules and causing tension in hajj are forbidden. A code of behavior in hajj is plunging deep into the truth about the meaning of hajj and benefiting and feeding from it for all the stages of one’s life. A code of behavior in hajj is acting in a brotherly manner and creating camaraderie and unity. The opportunity to create unity among Islamic nations and denominations is provided only in hajj. So many people make it there from throughout the world, all for the love of Ka’bah, the Holy Prophet’s (s.w.a.) shrine, divine dhikr, tawaf and endeavor.

Hajj is an opportunity for shedding light on the Truth and declaring repudiation against the U.S.

The opportunity in hajj to cast light on these issues and to express one’s hatred of arrogance and America should not be missed. The world of Islam should know what issues it is faced with. These things should become a means for the enthusiasm and movement of the world of Islam. In their propaganda, it is pretended that whatever Muslims do, it is not of no avail, that arrogance will dominate and that nothing can be done about it: the story is about might and fight. But this is not the truth of the matter. The truth of the matter is that the Islamic Ummah is a living and powerful organism. Whenever it shows its willpower and determination and whenever it takes action, neither the power of America nor the power of others greater than America. We ask Allah the Exalted to help all of us succeed, to approve of what we do and to bestow His blessings on the honorable clergy in hajj caravans and on different officials – at different levels – in charge of hajj affairs. That they pointed out that the pivot of our promotions is the Holy Quran is a very great sign. The Holy Quran is the key to the success of Muslims. In all conditions, the Holy Quran should become the pivot of our promotions, our movement and our endeavors and the best condition for this task is hajj. Qura and reciters of the Holy Quran should recite the Holy Quran in mosques - in the Two Holy Mosques in particular - in ba’tha [the Islamic Republic’s delegation in hajj] and in any area when the ground is prepared. They should convey Quranic ayahs to people so that in practice, they can show the people throughout the world the Iranian nation’s attention to the Holy Quran. I hope that by Allah’s favor, these promotions will continue throughout the year.

Hajj ritual is a means of providing security for mankind

The city of Makkah and the hajj ritual is a means for humans’ security. By supplicating, by paying attention and by plunging into divine remembrance, people feel secure – in their hearts – in that astonishing and great ritual. This is the greatest need of humans. The inferno that material powers and motives have created around humans can be replaced with the safety of a paradise in that place and in that time when humans seek refuge in hajj. How ignorant are those people who undermine the hajj ritual and hajj obligations by attending to material affairs.

The best worshiping ritual

The opportunity of hajj is an exceptional opportunity. All acts of worship are an opportunity to redeem one’s self. As a result of negligence about Allah the Exalted – Who is the Spirit and the Truth of existence – human beings show negligence about themselves, their hearts and their reality: “And be you not like those who forgot Allah and He made them forget themselves” [The Holy Quran, 59: 19]. Today, this is the great pain of humanity. By forgetting Allah the Exalted, humans have forgotten themselves as well. Amid the wheel of materialistic apparatuses, the needs and the truth about humans and the goals behind their creation have completely been forgotten. What helps human beings to pay attention to God and – in the shade of attention to God – to themselves, to the truth about them and to their needs and their hearts is praying, worshipping and supplication. And hajj is the best act of worship in this regard. This is because it is an exceptional act of worship because of the time and the place when it is performed and because of the succession of the moves that are available to hajj pilgrims.

Leader’s Speech in Meeting with Hajj Officials

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on December 20, 2004 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with hajj officials.

Leader Receives Officials in Charge of Hajj Pilgrimage

University Chancellors, Academics and Researchers Meet the Leader

Leader's Address to University Chancellors, Academics and Researchers

The following is the abridged text of a speech delivered by the Grand Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a meeting with a large group of university chancellors, professors, researchers and superior students on December 16, 2004. The participants at the meeting expressed their views on different academic issues, particularly research, cultural and educational issues.

Leader Inspects Final Stage of Payrovan-e-Velayat Maneuvers

Leader Visits Karkheh Dam

Supreme Leader’s Speech in Meeting with Officials of IRIB

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on December 1, 2004 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with the officials of the IRIB.

IRIB Director and Staff Meet Leader of Islamic Republic

Venezuelan President Meets Leader of Islamic Republic

Leader Receives Sri Lankan President

Leader Pardons, Commutes Sentences of 1053 Prisoners on Occasion of Eid-al-Fitr

Leader's Message to Islamic Ummah on Fallujah Bloodshed

Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, in an important message to the Islamic countries on November 18 called on the Islamic nations and their governments and intellectuals to perform their duties in the face of the current bloodshed and the crimes being committed by the occupiers in the Iraqi city of Fallujah. The abridged text of the message is as follows:...

Ayatollah Khamenei Leads Eid-al-Fitr Prayers

People, Government Officials Meet the Leader