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Iran: No intention to establish empire in ME region

Larijan, July 31, IRNA – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani stressed here Friday that Iran has no intention whatsoever to establish a regional empire despite its influence in the Mideast region.

Larijani made the above statement at a regional martyrs’ commemoration service in Larijan, Mazandaran Province, reiterating that “Iran with its noble Islamic and revolutionary mentality is not after collecting satellite individuals around it, either.” Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli also participated in the service.

“Some regional countries embraced the late Imam Khomeini’s thoughts and teachings, while some others assume that Iran is after power seeking,” Larijani said.

Emphasizing that Iran is not seeking to become a regional power pole, Larijani added that "if the Zionist regime imposes pressure against Palestine, we will however stand against it and if it also intends to invade Lebanon, the Hezbollah would resist against it.”

Larijani reiterated that "Iran is proud of its support for the Hezbollah.”

He also said that the US has never in the post-Islamic Revolution era abandoned efforts aimed at inflicting losses against Iran, “but it has never managed to do so.”

Larijani, who was the former IRIB chief, pointed out that Iran is a country with nuclear technology for entirely peaceful purposes. He added that “The Americans who are opposed to Iran’s nuclear and missile technologies, merely oppose it because we have acquired the technological know-how in those fields, otherwise, if we would have manufactured mineral water or tomato ketchup they would have never protested.”

Larijani added, “They are mad at us today, but we are still after completing our knowledge about the peaceful nuclear technology; they shout that Iran is about to manufacture nuclear weapons, but they never say anything about the nuclear weapons of their regional fiend, the Zionist regime.”

He said, “they argue that Iran might one day resort to these facilities move towards the production of the nuclear weapons.”

Elsewhere in his address, Larijani quoted a part of one of Imam Ali’s (AS) sermons in which his eminence says: “Among the major factors leading to the instability of the governments they are ignoring matters of great importance and attaching great importance to matters of significant importance and ceremonial affairs, while appointing weak personalities at high positions.”

Larijani added, “If a country would instead of focusing on solving its nation’s major problems get inclined towards the ceremonial affairs such issues would lead to the instability of the country.”

Larijaji emphasized: “Trusting the weak personalities by appointing them at high positions means granting grandeur to those who do not deserve it, and in that case the country would never be developed.”

Another noteworthy fact that Imam Ali (AS) listed as factors leading to governments' instability is that of ignoring wise and qualified individuals, Larijani pointed out reiterating that “today, too, the world is entangled with problems of this nature.”

Larijani said that the adventurism of the 22-day Gaza War and the massacre of the Iraqis during the occupation of that country occured due to the rule of weak personalities.

American think-tanks say that the invasion of Iraq was President George Bush's mistake, Larijani noted adding that “they appointed a weak and incompetent personality at a high position and he inflicted losses not only against the regional people but also the American nation.”

Instead of caring about their own interests the Americans are either after securing the interests of the Zionist regime or preparing for dispatching armed forces to the other countries,” Larijani stressed, adding that “US officials have assumed they need to show their power to world nations.”

“In Iran, too, it is of great importance for us to pay attention to this precious heritage of Imam Ali (AS) particularly under the prevailing conditions when we are witnesses to their intrigues against Iran,” Larijani noted.

He emphasized: “The Americans are also after creating trouble for Iran, but they sometimes resort to sweet-talk, such as saying that they mean no harm to the Iranian nation. They should tell us what they mean by imposing sanctions then if they really mean so?”

Larijani reiterated, “Iran is wise enough to resort to ways against these sanctions that they cannot even imagine.”

Referred to natural resources such as oil and gas and spiritual resources, like the young and creative youth as the wealth of the nation, Larijani stressed: “Powerful countries did not assist Iran in its efforts aimed at acquiring scientific success and advanced technological know-how but is was the efforts made by our young scientists that helped us in these respects.”

Larijani added: “They assume that the world order is like a pyramid atop which there is the United States and at lower levels there are the regional powers that regulate the world affairs.”

Commemorating the martyrs, he said, “The martyrs created epics by sacrificing their pure blood in the way of God, and they have showed us the Right Path.”

Larijani added, “At a prestigious and prosperous society the spirit of martyrdom seeking and scientific dynamism abounds.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Majlis speaker said that lingering disputes in a society is the sign of lack of wisdom, quoting Imam Hussein (AS) as saying that among the signs of wealth there is self criticism and permitting the others to say what they wish to say.”

Larijani added, “If a system were merely after turning the society into a factory out of which only confirmation for the conduct of it would be produced, that would be a stagnant society, contrary to one in which there exists various mentalities and high dynamism is the rule.”

He reiterated, “If you would silence the different sounds resorting to any possible method that is not the sign of your wisdom.”

Focusing on the problems with which the west is entangled he referred to the structure of the international societies, arguing, “Such societies have in practice become tools of war in the name of democracy and they do not permit the sound of the others to be heard in the world.”/end

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