AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Stating that God has made a covenant with the clerics to fight against ignorance and oppression, the President said, "The government has put all its efforts to solve the problems so that the areas of abuse by the enemy are eliminated as much as possible, and the clerics also have a duty to enlighten the society against oppression and ignorance, and introduce the biggest example and origin of acts of oppression and spread of ignorance, which are America and the Zionist Regime, to everyone".
Speaking on Thursday afternoon during his trip to Kurdistan province, in a meeting with a group of clerics, Friday prayer imams and congregational prayer imams of the province, Ayatollah Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi said, "The Popular Administration is doing all it can to compensate for the shortcomings and solve the problems".
The President went on to state that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been subject to the wrath of the enemies since the beginning of the victory of the revolution because of the lofty goals it has defined for itself, and added, "The enemy designed and implemented many conspiracies against this nation to stop the Iranian nation. Among them were the 8-year imposed war and separatist provocations, including in Kurdistan, but the knowledgeable and insightful Kurdish people defeated the enemy".
Referring to the numerous martyrs and veterans of the Kurdistan province and the self-sacrifice of the Kurdish peshmerga against the separatists, the President called the Kurdish people as one of the famous and noble tribes whose souls are infused with the teachings of Islam and want to live as Muslims.
Dr Raisi stated that Iran is a purposeful country and is moving in the direction of progress, and added, "After the enemy did not get results from war and separatist conspiracies, it imposed extensive sanctions against the Iranian nation to stop these people, but in the end, it was forced to admit it became official that it has failed in applying these sanctions in the form of maximum pressure policy and therefore it has turned from pressure and sanctions to sedition and unrest".
Ayatollah Raisi further emphasised, "We do not consider the enemies of the Islamic Revolution to be those who came to the streets under the influence of emotions and feelings in the recent events and started talking out of negligence. The real enemies of the Islamic Republic are America and the Zionist Regime. Of course, the response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to those who committed murder and created insecurity during this period is decisive and harsh".
Referring to the existence of some economic, social and cultural problems in the country, the President pointed out that the Popular Administration has focused all its attention on solving the problems, and at the same time, we must pay attention to the enemy's efforts to magnify the problems and distort them. We should not neglect the jihad of explanation, because the enemy seeks to deceive our youth".
In another part of his speech, Ayatollah Raisi pointed out the achievements of the government in curbing the rising trend of inflation and reducing its rate despite the effects of the implementation of the popularisation of subsidies law.
The President also pointed out that the economic growth rate reached from 4 percent in September 2021 to 5 percent in March 2022 and said, "This year, the economic growth rate will be around 4 to 5 percent. The main concern of the government is to reduce the inflation rate and prices, and at the same time, it will include the increase in the growth rate in the next year's budget bill".
Stating that God has made a covenant with the clerics to fight against ignorance and oppression, the President said, "The government has put all its efforts to solve the problems so that the areas of abuse by the enemy are eliminated as much as possible, and the clerics also have a duty to enlighten the society against oppression and ignorance, and introduce the biggest example and origin of acts of oppression and spread of ignorance, which are America and the Zionist Regime, to everyone".
Dr Raisi stated, "The government has made every effort to implement justice on the basis of the spatial planning document in order to eliminate the areas of abuse by the enemies as much as possible".
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