Iran Press/Iran news: "Despite all our efforts after the Islamic Revolution, especially during the past twenty years, in the arenas of technological and scientific dynamism, we are still suffering from much backwardness," Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said in a meeting with the national youth volleyball team, along with international scientific Olympiad medallists on Wednesday.
"The most important duty of the young gifted generation, in addition to the fast continuation of scientific success, is to break through the frontiers of science and technology," he added.
According to the Leader's official website, Khamenei.ir, referring to Iran’s leading position in nanotechnology, the Leader emphasized: "It is expected that the elites and future generations discover hundreds of new areas of science like Nanotechnology and unknown phenomena in science, biology, and technology, and do not be satisfied with only continuing the scientific progress."
Ayatollah Khamenei made reference to the backwardness imposed on the Iranian nation during Qajar and Pahlavi eras and urged young intellectuals and gifted individuals to move beyond borders in achieving progress and development.
He said: "We have a lot to do; once we had a leading position in the world. Then, it began to decline. Yet, during the past couple of centuries, with the foreigners’ intrusion into the country, the decline is no longer normal. Instead, it is imposed. We were held back and the world advanced." 101/211
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