Iran Press/Iran News: Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, on Wednesday 6 May, over the occasion of Labor Week, via a three-hour video communication with seven production units, emphasized the role and importance of the worker's position and reciprocal duties between employers and employees in increasing the quantity and quality of production along with creating wealth in a healthy economy.
Iran's leader expressed his views on the reason for naming this year as the year of Surge in Production and the requirements for fulfilling this slogan and the areas that should be given special attention and the responsibilities of officials in this regard.
Congratulating all the workers, Ayatollah Khamenei called it hopeful and attractive to hear promising reports on production and stressed the need to address the general problems of the working class.
Ayatollah Khamenei called the goal of the country's economy producing wealth and its fair distribution among the people adding: "To achieve a healthy economy, the worker is one of the main pillars and one of the underlying factors in wealth production in the country."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution called a skilled and innovative worker as a factor to increase in the quality of work and said: "economic enterprises and employers should increase the knowledge and skills of the labor force and its share of the benefits of economic enterprises and thus the worker should act more responsibly and without negligence."
The Leader called the worker and the employer the two main pillars of economic growth and development, noting that some people have complained about the approvals that do not take into account the workers' views, and added, "These regulations must be regulated with a fair view."
Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the need to pay attention to labor rights, including "fair wages and regular payments, job security, insurance, education, welfare services, and healthcare," and in this regard said: "In today's world and rapid developments of technology, continuous learning, and the use of previous experiences for production complexes and their workers are essential to increase economic prosperity by improving productivity and production quality.
Referring to the impact of workers in the political developments of the last two centuries, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized the role of our country's workers in the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Holy Defense and various events, adding: "Workers have been involved in achieving the goals of the revolution and their bond with the Islamic Republic is a permanent bond, but this deep bond increases the responsibilities of officials in all three branches of power to solve workers' problems."
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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution further referred to the issue of 'the Surge in Production' as the slogan of the year, and pointed to the sufficient opportunity that exists until the end of the year to realize this slogan.
Ayatollah Khamenei considered the issue of production in the country's economy as the immune and defense system of the human body and highlighted, "Just as the role of the immune system in fighting viruses is very important, if production is appropriate and growing, it can shape the country's economic structure and protect the body of the country's economy against natural viruses and artificial viruses such as sanctions or oil price fluctuations and various shocks.
Emphasizing that production is the main factor in the formation of a national and strong economy, the Leader noted, "In addition to being vital for the country's economy, the production also has a great political, social and cultural impact on the ability of a nation to produce its basic needs as it will give the nation confidence and self-esteem, in addition, to pave the way for the general welfare of the society, increasing gross national product and increasing exports along with the cultural impact of domestic exports to other countries.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution called the current trend of production in the country insufficient to compensate for the backwardness and stressed the need to further develop and strengthen production, and spoke about the surge in production and ways to achieve it in the current situation.
Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned that one of the important issues for the realization of the surge in production is the participation of the people in the economy through the use of people's various talents and capacities and referring to this said: "the three branches of the power have significant obligations if are not met, there will be no surge in production."
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that supporting production and producers is the main task of the officials and emphasized that supporting production does not only mean injecting liquidity, but also removing obstacles to pave the ground for investors, and producers to do business.
The Leader of the Islamic Revolution pointed to some examples of removing obstacles and said: "Eliminating cumbersome regulations, serious fight against smuggling, combating uncontrolled imports, fighting financial and administrative corruption, respecting intellectual property rights, combating harmful trade, and tax exemptions in cases of necessity, and the imposition of taxes in cases of necessity, such as dirty wealth, are among the essential tasks that three branches of powers must take into account.
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