Rasa – Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri emphasized the importance of strengthening the country’s relations with its neighbours and said, “We cannot look at Europe and the West and ignore our neighbours.” RNA – In his Friday prayer sermon to a large and fervent crowd of believers in Qom’s Quds Prayer Hall, Ayatollah Seyyed Hashem Hoseyni-Bushehri referred to the final days of the Iranian year of 1397 and the beginning of the new year, he said, “We have put all of the ups and downs of the past year behind us, in regard to which the resistance of the Iranian people against all of the superpowers and enemies is commendable.”
The member of the board of directors of the Assembly of Experts referred to the difficult economic problems faced by the Iranian people added, “The enemies think that if the bottlenecks increase, people will abandon other individuals in society but the people are seeking the needy in the most difficult conditions and they will not allow the poor to feel hardship.”
Referring to the Statement of the Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei] added, “This statement is a charter of the movement of the Islamic Revolution, which must be the basis of planning. The Statement of the Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution represents the loyal experience of the Supreme Leader and an innovative and creative explanation of the past, present and future of the Islamic Revolution and set key priorities in seven articles and young people are pivotal to this.”
Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The message of the statement to friends is that the fortieth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution is due to their persistence on the scene of the Islamic Revolution and we must continue to be stable and wherever we have been victorious, divine assistance has been involved.”
The secretary of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Seminary referred to the appointment of Ayatollah Sayyed Ebrahim Raeisi as the Chief Justice of Iran and commended Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani’s services and added, “We hope that Ayatollah Raeisi will be successful in his responsibility. Youthfulness, popularity, revolutionaryness, anti-corruption and the resolution of cases of justice are issues that need to be carefully addressed.”
Referring to the visit of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to Iraq, he said that the visit was slightly delayed but the world saw how a representative of the Islamic Republic is welcomed when he goes to Iraq but when the president of the United States wants to go to Iraq, he goes at night and without any noise and says we have spent a lot of dollars, but we’re forced to go during the night.”
Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri added, “The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran was warmly welcomed by the Iraqi authorities in broad daylight and excellent economic exchanges were planned at a level of $20 billion. The message to Iraq is to strengthen relations with our neighbours so that there isn’t any effect despite the critical situation and the problem of the sanctions. Iran has 15 neighbour countries and we cannot focus our attention on Europe and the West and ignore our neighbours.”
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