Rasa – Ayatollah Tavakkol stated that asceticism and simple living were two of the manifest traits of Imam Khomeyni and said, “The current lifestyle of some officials is far from the culture of simple living emphasized by Imam Khomeyni.” RNA – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Ayatollah Sayyed Rahim Tavakkol, the representative of the people of Mazandaran province in the Assembly of Experts, pointed out that the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, has repeatedly emphasized that the Islamic Republic must move on the line and ideology of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeyni and added, “The Supreme Leader is completely on the path of the late Imam and pursues his lofty goals without any kind of distortion.”
The teacher in the Islamic Seminary of Qom said, “Today, all people in society, especially the officials, must know that by adhering to Wilayat al-Faqih (Guardianship of the Jurisprudent) and executing the commands of the Supreme Leader on the path of Imam Khomeyni, they will be considered as true followers of the Imam.”
Ayatollah Tavakkol stated that asceticism and simple living were two of the manifest traits of Imam Khomeyni and said, “The current lifestyle of some officials is far from the culture of simple living emphasized by Imam Khomeyni.”
His Eminence stressed that some officials don’t only not follow the line of Imam Khomeyni and the Supreme Leader but rather they’re also on the opposite side of the movement and said, “The behaviour of some of the officials isn’t compatible with the line of the Imam and the Supreme Leader.”
He argued that luxury and arrogance have made some officials unable to understand the pain of poverty and lack of people and said, “Today, some officials don’t know and cannot understand that if food prices fluctuate, many lives among the vulnerable sections of society are disrupted.”
Ayatollah Tavakkol emphasized that since some officials haven’t suffered from poverty and hunger, they cannot properly understand the living situation of the people, while, on the basis of religious principles, the officials must put themselves at the same level of the poorest people.
In conclusion, he pointed to the characteristics of the true followers of Imam Khomeyni and said, “The understanding people of Iran are no longer deceived by the slogans and claims of some people because they know that the criterion of following Imam Khomeyni is the extent to
which he acts in accordance with his lifestyle.”
He said, “People want action and the slogans and claims of some other officials cannot cover
their inefficient faces.”
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