RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Hujjat al-Islam Javad Mojtahed-Shabestari, the representative of the people of West Azerbaijan province in the Assembly of Experts, said that some comfort-seeking intellectuals think that surrendering to the United States will solve the problems facing Iran and said, “Those who follow this thinking, assume that the solution to the problems is in being obedient to United States and believe that if we do not follow the United States, we will face difficulties.”
The teacher in the Islamic Seminary stated that resistance to the blackmail of the United States and Iran’s enemies will lead to a series of problems for society and said, “Obviously, the enemies always try to force us to surrender but such remarks aren’t correct to solve the problems of society because we know that in countries that have surrendered to the United States, their problems have not only not been resolved, but perhaps they face even greater problems. When the enemies observe the resistance of the Islamic society, they don’t stop and always seek to harm the nation. For this reason, it’s a mistake to link some of the country’s problems to not surrendering to the United States.”
He said, “One has to ask those who argue that solving the problems of the country depends on surrendering to the United States whether there aren’t any problems for the countries that are intimidated by the United States. Certainly this is not the case and some must not link our happiness and victory to allying with the enemies.”
Hujjat al-Islam Mojtahed-Shabestari stated, “If we join the United States, apart from the loss of dignity, independence and ideals of the Islamic Revolution, our country’s problems will not be resolved. An clear example of this is the reactionary states of the region. Despite the fact that they are the lackeys of the United States, they haven’t been able to solve their country’s problems.”
His Eminence stated that the economic problems must be pursued through relying on domestic capacities and the Resistance Economy and added, “Government officials must rely on domestic capacities instead of relying on the West to solve the economic and livelihood problems of the people.”
He stressed that West misrepresents the power indexes and explained the duties of the domestic media in confronting the enemies’ media war, “On this battlefield, the duty of our media, especially the trustworthy and valuable media, in addition to neutralizing the enemies’ media plots, is to try and attack them.”
Hujjat al-Islam Mojtahed-Shabestari continued, “The domestic media must not wait for the enemies to attack them, and then fight against them, but they must pursue a line in the name of attacking the enemies. Thus, the domestic media must observe the weaknesses of the capitalists, liberals and negators of Islam and criticize them in order to challenge them.”
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