Free nations attach no value to biased UNSC resolutions - Khatami
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Oct 27, IRNA
Iran-UNSC-Resolutions
Provisional Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran Hojatolesalam Ahmad Khatami said here that the free world nations attach no value to biased UN Security Council resolutions, like the one on Iran's peaceful nuclear program.
Khatami made the remark addressing thousands of Tehrani worshipers at central campus of Tehran University in his second second sermon, adding, "The colonialist powers are after depriving Iran of its absolute nuclear right."
He further emphasized, "The world must realize that regarding our peaceful nuclear technology we are after nothing, but our conventional rights."
The Friday preacher of Tehran reiterated, "Iran has held four rounds of talks with (EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier) Solana and the two sides have after each round stated that the negotiations have been fruitful."
Stressing that Tehran has on numerous occasions stated that it is after pursuing the course of negotiations, Khatami addressed the westerners, saying, "The result to your twenty-seven year sanctions has been our brave youth's ascending to the peaks of success in the field of nuclear technology."
The provisional Friday prayer leader added, "You would suffer from the sanctions more dearly than Iran."
Elsewhere in his sermon Khatami referred to the Leadership Council lections, the midterm parliamentary elections, and the City and Rural Councils elections, as the most significant internal events ahead, encouraging the entire nation to take part in all dynamically.
He strongly denounced taking advantage of the late Imam Khomeini's reputation, or that of the Supreme Leader, by the candidates of any of those elections in their campaigns, as well as extravagance in those campaigns.
"The people would ask where did all the money those candidate spent in their campaign come from, which would naturally be negative campaign for those candidates and a challenge for the system," added Khatami.
The Friday preacher of Tehran referred to the "Islamic nature of the system", "Leadership of the supreme source of jurisprudence (Velayat-e-Faqih)", "System's democratic nature and reliance on people's votes (republicanism)", and "Iran's official religion and school of thought (Shi'a)" as the four columns of the Iranian Constitution.
He added, "Thus, the leadership of the system is one of its main pillars, and if a crisis would emerge regarding the leadership of the system, it is merely the Leadership Council that can solve that problem."
Khatami reiterated, "If we would be obliged, we would in a press conference reveal which hands are involved in creating a psychological war in case of the Leadership Council."
The Friday Prayers interim leader also asked the people to be precise in providing information to the upcoming population and housing consensus officials that would begin as of Saturday, October 28th (tomorrow).
Elsewhere in his remarks, Khatami referred to the November 7th midterm US Congress elections as "a significant development that can affect that country's presidential elections."
He added, "It is said that due to the bad, wild, and wretched conduct of (US President George W.) Bush the Republicans are entangled in a terrible conditions in upcoming elections." The provisional Friday prayers leader said, "In upcoming days the US Republicans would most likely try to blame the others for the problems that have emerged due to their own mistakes."
Noting that during the course of occupation of Iraq 600,000 Iraqi citizens have got killed, he said, "There has been no other factor that the presence of the occupier forces for the emergence of that catastrophe."
He added, "That is the seed you have planted; so be brave enough to harvest it yourselves, not to blame the others for the problems you have so boldly created."
The Tehran Friday preacher emphasized, "Blaming the others for your own mistakes would solve none of your problems, since the other solution is the immediate and unconditional evacuation of the occupation forces from Iraq."
Khatami said, "They are after convincing the Islamic World that the United States and the Zionist regime are not the Muslims' main enemies."
He said, "In Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon, they are after intriguing the people to confront the people, rather than confronting the Americans and the Zionists, and therefore, under such conditions, the Islamic solidarity is our gravest urgent need."
The interim Friday preacher of Tehran added, "The Americans act as hypocrites in Iraq, and while pretending to be the supporters of the elected Iraqi government, they secretly pursue plans to weaken (Prime Minister Maleki's) popular government."
Khatami said, "They chant apparently anti-terrorist slogans, but sit at negotiation tables with the terrorists, ordering them to kill as many Iranians and as many Shi'as as they could."
Khatami added, "They once introduced Iran as a threat against its neighbors after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, and US Secretary of State's regional visit was aimed at propagating the same lies against Iran."
He said, "Iran has posed absolutely no threat against any country throughout the past twenty seven years, since we are not an aggressor power."
The interim Friday prayer leader ensured Iran's neighbors that the Islamic Iran is their strong bother and always ready to assist them, while the Americans are after looting their national assets, particularly their oil.
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