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Excerpts from the speech delivered during a meeting with university students in Kerman

The Renaissance paradise turned into an inferno

When the Westerners during the renaissance period in Europe separated religion from science and politics, they intended to build a paradise on earth similar to the one promised to mankind by religions. That paradise has now turned into an inferno. This is something even admitted by the Westerners themselves. It is true that the religion that European intellectuals in the renaissance period opposed was not a true religion but a body of superstitions. It was totally against scientific advances and discoveries. This is why Galileo was sentenced to death for his scientific views, and other scientists were also tortured and even died of torture for their scientific discoveries. It was a distorted version of Christianity, not real Christianity. Therefore, there was nothing wrong with parting with this kind of religion in that period. However, the separation of spirituality and morality from science, politics, individual life and social relations was not a proper thing to do. The Westerners replaced religion by science and rationality and said that there was no need for religion any longer. This was the condition prevailing in the 19th and 20th century. But for the past forty or fifty years, they have even been casting aspersions on rationality, rejecting all rational principles and advocating relativism and skepticism with regard to all principles, including moral, rational and even scientific principles. This is not a proper paradigm to be imitated and followed by other nations. Imitating and following a failed model is a big mistake, as it will lead nowhere and promise no bright prospects.

Leader's Delegates Visit Towns and Villages of Kerman Province

Leader Addresses University Students and Instructors in Kerman

Leader Receives Local Officials of Kerman Province

Leader's Address to University Students and Instructors of Kerman Province

The following is the abridged text of a speech delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei to a large gathering of thousands of university students and instructors of Kerman Province in the provincial capital, Kerman, on May 9, 2005. The Leader made the address during his tour of Kerman Province.

Leader's Address to University Students and Instructors of Kerman Province

The following is the abridged text of a speech delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei to a large gathering of thousands of university students and instructors of Kerman Province in the provincial capital, Kerman, on May 9, 2005. The Leader made the address during his tour of Kerman Province.

Leader's Address to University Students and Instructors of Kerman Province

The following is the abridged text of a speech delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei to a large gathering of thousands of university students and instructors of Kerman Province in the provincial capital, Kerman, on May 9, 2005. The Leader made the address during his tour of Kerman Province.

Supreme Leader’s Speech in Meeting with People of Rafsanjan

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on May 8, 2005 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with the people of Rafsanjan.

Leader Meets Residents of Rafsanjan

Leader Visits Mines-and-Industries Exhibition in Sarcheshmeh

Leader Visits Copper Plant in Sarcheshmeh

Leader Addresses Residents of Jiroft

Mountain-Climbers Converse with the Leader

Leader Reviews Military Units in Kerman Province

Leader Pays Visit to Zarand

Intellectuals and Elites of Kerman Province Meet the Leader

Leader's Address to Intellectuals and Elites of Kerman Province

The following is the abridged text of a speech delivered by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei to a group of intellectuals and scientific and literary elites of Kerman Province on May 4, 2005. The Leader made the address during his tour of Kerman Province.

Leader’s Speech in Meeting with People of Zarand

Leader Visits City of Bam

Leader’s Speech in Meeting with People of Bam

Leader Addresses Teachers of Kerman Province

Leader Addresses Teachers of Kerman Province

Leader's Speech to Families of Martyrs and War Veterans of Kerman Province

Arrogance powers act in the name of Christianity without believing in it

The exceptional characteristic of the Islamic Republic is that it has stood up against a world in which power lies in the hands of those who have a tendency towards materialism and do not believe in the existence of any moral, spiritual and religious truth. The global powers act in the name of Christianity and use it as a tool to achieve their goals, but genuine Christianity as a divine faith and as an ethical system plays no role whatsoever in the political system that dominates the arrogant and oppressive governments. The world of arrogance is a world of transgression in the real sense of the word, a world that makes the best of science in order to commit crimes. Currently, science is in the hands of those who have not heard of human values. Science and technology are at the service of goals that are completely harmful to human communities and advantageous only to capitalists and wealthy and powerful people.

Leader Starts off Tour of Kerman Province

Ulema and Clergymen of Kerman Province Call on the Leader

Leader's Address to Residents of Kerman

The following is an excerpt from an address made by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei to a large gathering of over 100,000 people in the provincial capital, Kerman, on May 1, 2005. The Leader made the address during his tour of Kerman Province.

Leader's Speech in Meeting with Kerman Clergy

Government Officials, Ambassadors and Participants in CIU Meet the Leader