Pres. Rouhani: Constitution best fruit of Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini’s legacy

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - President Rouhani described the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the greatest fruit of the Islamic Revolution and the legacy of the late Imam Khomeini (RA), saying: “Anyone who recognises the constitution is a revolutionary and must be respected”.

Addressing the bumper crowd of people attending 22 Bahman demonstrations on Sunday, President Dr Hassan Rouhani said: “Today, we need everyone, including Principlists, Reformists, Moderators and everyone who recognises the constitution, for the country’s development and progress”.

“All ethnic groups, followers of different branches of Islam, Shiites, Sunnis and all religions, and literally everyone who recognises the constitution, are revolutionary,” continued the President.

Dr Rouhani also expressed happiness attending the great gathering of the people of Tehran on the thirty-ninth anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, saying: "The important feature of this year's ceremony is that we are entering the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, and next year should be literally the year of maturity of the revolution”.

The president emphasised that the government, the private sector and public institutions should make an increased effort in next year’s ceremony to open thousands of important projects throughout the country, saying: “The fact that in these days, we witnessed projects were opened by the government and the private sector with a credit of 10 trillion tomans in one day in a province, it means that the Iranian nation has more hope for the country's prosperity than before”.

Dr Rouhani also stated: "When our revolution resulted in victory, we were all together and there were plenty of passengers on the train of the revolution, some of them wanted to get off the train themselves and we got some of them off the train, whom we didn’t have to; today, we should invite them all on the train again”.

The president emphasised: "We are a nation and have a common cause, which is the greatness of Iran and the superiority of the culture of Islam and the Iranian-Islamic identity in the hearts of our dear young people".

Referring to the successes and achievements of the government over the past year, the President added: “The last elections was the first achievement of the year, and all the people came to the polls and showed the world that they lover their country, revolution, political system and their future and destiny”.

"In this year, we won over terrorism and made many successes in the process of eliminating terrorists and ISIS in the region. We helped the people of Iraq and Syria and the peoples of this region were saved from the terrorists,” he continued.

The President also went on to state: “The conspirators wanted to eliminate the unity of Iraq, but the vigilance of the Iraqi people and the help of the countries of the region, guaranteed the territorial integrity and national unity of our friends in the region”.



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