Rasa – Hujjat al-Islam Yaqoubi said, “We have to accept that unfortunately we have been neglectful regard to our economy, we have not attempted to overcome our problems from within but rather have looked outside our country and as a result, we are now facing troubles.” RNA – Speaking during a meeting with a number of officials of North Khorasan province, Hujjat al-Islam Abolqasem Yaqoubi, emphasized on the importance of the provincial officials’ commitment to the implementation of the provisions of the statement on the Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution and said, “This statement must be a lantern on the path and the clinical book of our officials in different sections.”
The statement on the Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution was issued by the Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei to the country, particularly to the youth, and was published on February 11th, 2019, the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Revolution.
Referring to some of the shortcomings and economic problems in Iran, the representative of the Supreme Leader in North Khorasan province said, “The vacuum we feel at this time must be filled with the message of the Supreme Leader in the statement on the Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution because word-by-word, this statement speaks of these subjects and can explain all of these statements.”
Hujjat al-Islam Yaqoubi said that which is explained in regard to the youth in this statement is the essence of the youth and added, “The word ‘youth’ appears forty times is in the statement, therefore, we must go that way because the young people are the capital of the Islamic Revolution.”
The Friday prayer leader of Bojnourd stated, “Of course, youthfulness doesn’t mean ageism. We must make use of the experience of our predecessors and the energy of the youth.”
He emphasized the need for further efforts to resolve the economic problems facing the country and said, “This country has tremendous material and natural resources and we would be better off if we had used them properly.”
Hujjat al-Islam Yaqoubi noted that we must accept that the economy of our country is sick and added, “We didn’t take the Resistance Economy seriously and now we have come to the point where we are sometimes anxious about what we should do in the face of the United States’ threats and sanctions.”
In conclusion, he said, “We have to accept that unfortunately, we have been neglectful in this regard, we have not attempted to overcome our problems from within and have looked outward and as a result, we are now facing troubles.”
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