Diplomat Hails Iran’s Scientific, Technological Progress after Islamic Revolution

Iran has made huge scientific and technological advancements regardless of the sanctions and restrictions imposed on the country by the West ever since the victory of the Islamic Revolution 34 years ago, a senior Iranian diplomat said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has taken great steps in different scientific, industrial, nuclear, military, technological and nanotechnological fields in the last 34 years after its establishment based on people’s votes and will, and it has achieved unique successes,” Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Qazanfar Roknabadi said in a meeting with a number of Lebanese teachers on Friday to mark the 34th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

During the meeting, the Lebanese teachers also stressed the importance of Iran’s success and progress despite different foreign pressures, and appreciated the country for its resistance against the world arrogant powers and the Zionist enemy.

In similar remarks in October, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei hailed the country’s experts and scientists for their strenuous efforts which have resulted in Iran’s rapid scientific advancement, and urged the country’s researchers not to hesitate one moment about continuing their firm movement on the path of progress.

Addressing a large number of young elites in Tehran at the time, Ayatollah Khamenei expressed pleasure in the atmosphere of dialogue and interaction dominating the country’s scientific move and progress, but meantime urged the Iranian scientists to accelerate their efforts.

“Of course there is one concern that a status of satiation and satisfaction will be created due to the country’s rapid scientific move and this is while we are still at the start of the path and this (present) scientific speed should not be decelerated or stopped,” he underlined.

Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran is lagging behind the world’s top countries in area of science and technology because it had been ruled by dependent, ignorant and autocratic rulers for centuries.

Thus, this wide distance with the world’s top scientific powers and the existence of rather powerful rivals in the region double the necessity for Iran’s accelerated scientific move towards a top position in area of science which deserves the Iranian nation’s prestige, he added.

Iran has taken wide strides in science and technology, particularly in medical and medicinal fields, in recent years.