Iran press/Iran - Ahead of the martyrdom anniversary of Shahid Bahonar and Shahid Raja'ee-- marking the National Week of the Administration-- President Rouhani and his cabinet members met with Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, this morning August 29, 2018.
At this meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei asserted: It is fine to establish ties, continue negotiations with Europe; however, meanwhile you should stop having hopes in them on the issues like JCPOA or economic matters.
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Leader warned Iran could withdraw from the JCPOA, should it violate national interests of the country. He said, JCPOA is not a goal but a means; naturally if we conclude that it is impossible to protect national interests with JCPOA, we will put it aside. Europeans should understand from Iranian government officials' words and actions that their measures will receive appropriate reactions by Iran.
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Ayatollah Khamenei affirmed there would be no chance of negotiations with the United States, criticizing Trump for his explicit animosity towards Iran—as one reason Iran won’t consider negotiating with the United States.
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He advised the administration to turn to neighboring countries for establishing diplomatic ties and said, on the topic of foreign policy, friendly ties should be established with the neighboring nations and the existing relations must expand.
Leader tapped on the economic problems caused by internal as well as external factors and stated, The enemy has targeted the economy of Iran because there already exist some economic problems and shortcomings. In the area of the economy, we should act vigorously and extensively, to fill all the gaps; these are all possible; there is no dead end in managing the country's economy.
Ayatollah Khamenei stressed that officials in charge of the economy sector must work hard, keeping up with the goals of Economy of Resistance.
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“The quality and extent of work by the officials of the Economy Sector must be as such that they would work tirelessly day and night. And the pivot of all the efforts being made in this sector must be in line with the policies of the Economy of Resistance—which entails empowering domestic production,” said the Supreme Leader.
The Leader of the Revolution described Resistance Economy as safeguarding the country against enemies and held: Policies of the Economy of Resistance represent both building a stronghold against the enemy and empowering the nation for progressing and moving forward. Thus, the Economy of Resistance that revolves around domestic production has both defensive and offensive features.
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Ayatollah Khamenei called for endorsing solidarity among officials of the country and asserted: Today solidarity and unity of Iranian officials are needed more than ever. The heads of the different branches of power, as well as the officials working at various sectors must cooperate and support each other. In particular, everyone should help the administration, because it is the entity at the center.
At the beginning of the meeting, President Hassan Rouhani reported on the efforts of the government in economic and cultural fields in the last year.
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