Rasa – Referring to the recent insolent actions by the United States against the Iranian people, Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri emphasized, “The officials must respond to these actions with active positions and repulse the enemies.” 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 recent floods in Iran and said, “In the recent floods, in addition to human casualties, many people were injured. In the words of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution [Ayatollah Khamenei], people came to the scene and came to the aid of flood victims. They came from the farthest points of the country to the flood-hit areas and everyone helped them on the basis of their ability. Seminarians and university students canceled their classes and rushed to the aid of the injured and created an unforgettable scene. May the peace of God be upon the people of Iran who have always frustrated the enemies.”
The member of the board of directors of the Assembly of Experts added that the government must compensate the people for the damage at a quicker pace because some people have lost everything they own and said, “One of the most serious problems of the flood victims is housing and the government must expedite the assistance of the charities to provide housing for the affected people.”
He argued that in regard to the recent flood, the enemies have revealed their hostility and stated, “The enemies have stood in front of provision and receiving of aid from the banks. They claim to oppose the Iranian government but their goal is to destroy the Iranian people – although through this path, they don’t achieve anything. The people with their companionship and sympathy will develop the country.”
Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “We must stand up against misguided and ill-advised imports. If foreign goods are imported in a misguided manner, factories will be closed down and workers will become unemployed. The judiciary and intelligence agencies must be careful that factories aren’t transferred to the private sector and the workers are put out of work and towers are built in the place of factories. This is a disaster and the judiciary and intelligence agencies must be careful.”
The secretary of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Seminary condemned the United States’ designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization and added, “Under international law, the armed forces of a country cannot be declared as a terrorist organization and this action taken by the United States against the IRGC is due to the enemies’ anger because, despite the high cost [the United States] has spent, the IRGC has neutralized their conspiracies in the region.”
He added, “The enemies assume that by declaring the IRGC as a terrorist organization, they will be weakened, but we have seen that the IRGC has gained greater popularity and all the people and institutions supported the IRGC. Even those who had a difference of opinion realized that whenever the Islamic Revolution was threatened, the IRGC stood against the enemies.”
Referring to the merciless action perpetrated by the United States against Iran selling its oil, Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The United States assumes that Iran won’t do anything over its ending of oil exemptions and will wait for the permission or the refusal of permission. The Supreme Leader said Iran would produce and export oil at any rate.”
He continued, “Haven’t we been waiting for the United States until now? The people and their officials must be active and vigilant on the scene and the enemies, who are perpetrating their last blow to the Islamic Revolution, are retreating and defeated. The enemies want to exhaust the people but the Iranian people aren’t exhausted but rather the United States and the enemies are being made exhausted.”
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