Ahmadinejad promises better news for New Iranian Year

On the occasion of the Iranian New Year – Nowruz – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has promised that his government would pursue “the road to supremacy with greater speed.”

Looking at the last presidential election, Ahmadinejad called it “a great election, with unprecedented and epic participation of the people, which challenged all the set-up of the unipolar world.”

According to the text of the greeting published on the presidential website, Ahmadinejad said that “the clear, decisive and high [number of] votes of the nation for the elected and dutiful president defined the clear path for the future and manifested the globalization of the revolution.”

He went on to say that “in this election, the new humanitarian and true method of democracy and the rule of the good were displayed before the peoples of the world.”

Pointing to the drawn out protests against the election results, Ahmadinejad said: “Of course, the enemies tried to prevent the luster of the Iranian nation …by throwing dust [towards the sun], but in reality they threw dust on their own faces and the grandeur of the Iranian nation dazzled the eyes of the world.”

“The enemies… must know that the Iranian nation today is much happier, kinder, more determined and stronger than the past year.”

Turning to the economy, Ahmadinejad enumerated a long list of “great achievements of the Iranian nation in [the fields of] nuclear, laser, aerospace, health, medical care, medicines, industries, agriculture, dams, roads, railways, numerous great and small factories, and success in the fields of commerce and investment.”

“While important regions of the world faced recession and negative economic growth, the Iranian nation experienced high growth rates in economy, development, industry and agriculture.”

He said that over the past year, “inflation was reined in and cost of housing was reduced and the unity and solidarity of the Iranian nation reached a desired and rarely seen level.”

Regarding international affairs, Ahmadinejad said, “through its wise and strong participation in the management of the world, the government will restore the appropriate and unique position of the Iranian nation.”

He promised that his government will overcome “the obstacles to development… and pursue reformist and revolutionary programs in [the areas] of economy, culture and development for the benefit of all the people, especially the deprived and will present great achievements to the dear people.”

In addition to the people of Iran, Ahmadinejad also sent “special Nowruz greetings” to the peoples of Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, India, Pakistan, Iraq, littoral Persian Gulf states, parts of Russia and China, wherein Nowruz is celebrated.