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Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei:”Economic Jihad, officials’ and people’s effective weapon against enemy’s sanctions”

Public and private sector activists, managers of economic, industrial, agricultural, banking, IT sectors, and representatives of trade syndicates in a meeting with Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei Wednesday exchanged viewpoints on economic issues with his eminence.

According to the IRNA Wednesday Night News Service, the information website of the Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei’s Office reported that the 18 economic activists were present at the session that lasted over three hours.
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei in the meeting emphasized the need for spending hard efforts, thinking wisely, and acting more rapidly in a bid to meet the objectives of the Country’s Twenty Year Perspective Documents.
His eminence added, “The enemy, resorting to the ineffective weapon of sanctions, has aimed at beating the Iranian nation and the Islamic system, but that objective out of their animosity will remain ineffective thanks to the economic Jihad of the officials and the people, and the great Iranian nation would full of hope achieve its deserved position.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said in his meeting with the top public and private sector economic activists of the country, “At the present sensitive point of time, this meeting is a symbolic move aimed at showing the system’s great attention to the economic matter, and highlighting the country’s economic dynamism and advancement.”
His eminence further emphasized, “The message of our meeting today is the need for paying more and greater attention by the officials and the activists in economic fields, as well as the entire people, to the economic issue.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said that presentation of the economic reports by the private sector activists was another objective of the Wednesday night meeting, adding, “As it was evident in the comment of the majority of activists, relaying on the will of the thinkers in the field, and the top scientists and technicians, Iran has achieved great advancements in such fields as production, service offering sectors, agricultural, scientific and industrial fields, of which the majority of our people are unaware, and the people must be properly informer of these national achievements.”
His eminence reiterated, “Talking about the advancements is of course not equal to ignoring the weak points and deficiencies, but pointing out these negative points must be with a tone aimed at seeking solutions, and hope-inspiring, so that the realities of the country will not be reflected diversely.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei  added, “One of the enemies’ tactics in their psychological war under the current conditions is making the people, particularly the youth and the active generation, pessimist, and therefore, the country’s spectacular advancements and progress must always be put before the eyes of the people.”
His eminence stressed that the reason why this (Iranian) year was nominated as the Year for Economic Jihad was that the oppression front intended to beat the resistance of the Iranian nation and the Islamic system resorting to economic means, adding, “It is necessary to recognize the objectives, the means, and the weapons of the enemy, and to counter them resorting to the economic Jihad.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei elaborating on the particular features of the economic Jihad, said that it is continuous, comprehensive, insightful, and fought selflessly, adding, “The point to be comprehended is that the economic Jihad is in fact a goal-oriented effort against the malicious and antagonist move of the enemy.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said that the major objective of imposing sanctions against Iran is paralyzing the country’s economy, reiterating, “The main factor in these sanctions is not our nuclear energy, because the sanctions began 32 years ago when there was no mention of the nuclear issue in the country.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei emphasized that the Iranian nation and the country’s officials must wisely counter the sanctions, adding, “If the sanctions were effective and of any use for the enemies, the oppressors would have achieved their objectives during the first years after the victory of the revolution, not today that the nation and the system have gradually become immune in countering the sanctions.”
His eminence said that turning around the sanctions, and more important than that, turning to take advantage of the internal capabilities, are among the successful methods of the nations and the officials for defeating the sanctions, adding, “Pride inspiring countering of the Islamic system with the sanctions, just as we have had throughout the past 32 years done so, would successfully continue.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei meanwhile emphasized the need for materializing the objectives of the Country’s 20 Year Perspective Document, so that Iran would rank first among the regional countries in vital and important fields, adding, “Our competitors in the region are working hard and achieving the objectives of the Twenty Year Perspective is in need of greater speed, wisdom, and more disciplined move, and in fact, economic Jihad.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said that ranking first in the region is not a desire, but a dire need, that is fate making, adding, “Under the current conditions of the region and the world any country that would fail in equipping itself with the scientific economic strategies and infrastructures, would be brutally looted, and therefore, we must relying on internal strength and economic progress, materialize the objectives of out Perspective Document.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei evaluated the capacities of the country n terms of resources, talents and human potentials, as well as the geographic conditions of the country as “extraordinary”, adding that these potentials need to be materialized at first, which is in need of double-strong efforts.
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei referred to the launch of the Twenty Year Perspective five years ago, evaluating the volume of the work done so far in the course of the 4th Development Plan as “good”, adding, “Some objectives of that plan, including the 8% economic growth, decreasing the unemployment rate, and increasing the investments have not been materialized yet, and therefore, that plan, including the 8% economic growth, decreasing the unemployment rate, decreasing the inflation rate, and increasing the investments which have not been achieved yet, must be gained resorting to double efforts, so that such deficiencies that have occurred during implementing the Fifth Development Plan would be remunerated in the course of implementing the Perspective Document.
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei  also said that the major policies regarding implementing the Constitutional Article 44 (on privatization) have been applied well, but not sufficiently, reiterating, “In accordance with the ordered policies of the Article 44, the ground must be paved for having a competitive economy with the presence of the private sector, and achieving that objective is in need of further dynamism in implementation of the policies of Article 44.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei added, “The objective of Article 44 is not merely delivering the organizations (from the Government to another sector), but side by side with these deliveries, in a bid to strengthen the private sector, provision of good management, prompt and serious supervision is needed, aimed at refraining from probable taking disadvantage of the macro-scale economic potentials.”
His eminence stressed that serious and decisive encounter against economic corruption is one of the proper prerequisites for encouraging the healthy and legal presence of the private sector, reiterating, “Campaign against economic corruption is one of the major pillars in this work.”
Addressing the government officials, Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei emphasized, “You must be super sensitive regarding the occurrence or existence of the slightest corruption at the state organs and to deal with it ruthlessly and without any reservations, since otherwise, the economic corruption would spread like a catchy disease very rapidly.”
His eminence said that full implementation of the entire supportive policies for the production sector is of great importance, reiterating, “Production is foundation of the economy and in the framework of the Goal-Orientation of Subsidies Law, the share for the production sector must be allocated to it for sure.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei further elaborating on the matter, added, “Of course the production sector, too, in response for gaining such supports, must economize in energy consumption, increase its productivity, and renovate its machinery and facilities.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei added, “Side by side with allocation of facilities to the production sector and supporting the producers, there must be strong supervision so that certain profiteers would not take advantage of such facilities for other purposes.”
The Imports and exports issue was another issue addressed by the Supreme Leader   in his meeting with the economic activists.
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei said that regulating and controlling the imports is necessary, reiterating, “Under any conditions, the internal production must be supported, including the agricultural production, and the argument that the imports would lead to the emergence of a competitive market is not a strong logic.”
Regarding exporting the non-oil products, Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei referred to the very good growth in that field, adding, “We expect that our non-oil exports would increase to an extent to exceed out imports volume, so that we would become needless of our oil exports money.”
His eminence said that dependence on oil income is a disease for the country’s economy, so that shutting the oil wells for any period of time would be possible, reiterating, “Getting rid of dependence on the oil income would pave the way for the nations’ might and the Islamic system’s great advancement.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei added, “Side by side with the Governments’ support for the exports, the exporters, too, must improve the quality, the packages, the diversity, the strength, and the beauty of their productions and their goods, and to deliver them to the clients properly on time.”
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei emphasized, “To achieve that objective the culture of good production must be observed and that culture must be made indigenous.”
His eminence said that another necessity in the country’s economy is devising a comprehensive plan for the growth of the cooperative sector, adding that the economic information must be equally at the disposal of the entire sectors, indiscriminately and the entire private sector activists must have equal access to the opportunities for making investments.
Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei emphasized that care must be taken over transparent dissemination of information, reiterating, “Limiting information dissemination to certain individuals would pave the path for odd favoritism, countering with is in need of providing access to information for the public.”
Adding up his comments for the public and private sector economic activists, Leader Of The Islamic Ummah And Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei expressed hope that the Wednesday evening meeting would pave the way for generating incentives for greater and wiser goal-oriented double-activities of the entire people who love the nation, the country, and the system.
His eminence emphasized that the double-will, double-efforts fundamental must be observed side by side with the economic Jihad move, adding, “The future of the country is very bright and Iran’s historic background, cultural heritage, national capabilities and natural resources, all in all, are proof for the claim that relying on tireless work and ceaseless efforts of the officials and the people, Iran can achieve its deserved exalted status.”
At the beginning of the meeting ladies and gentlemen:
– Assadollah Asgarowladi, economic activist and exporter
– Seyyed Mohammad Atabaki, Head of the Cement Producers Syndicate
– Hashem Namwar, Managing Director of Bandar Abbas (Port) Refinery
– Qassem Nowdeh-Farahani, Head of the Country’s Syndicates Organizaiton
– Majid Qassemi, Managing Director of Pasargadae Bank
– Mojtaba Shadlou, Head of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Garden Owners
– Hossein Qalibaf-Asl, Managing Director of the Stock Exchange Company
– Leila Larijani, Managing Director of the Informatics Expansion Company
– Mohammad-Reza Jabbar-Zare’a, managing Director of the Hamgam Group
– Hamid-Reza Jamshidi, Head of the Board of Directors of Alborz Medicine Company
– Iraj Rahbar, Head of the Board of Directors of the Country’s Mass Producers
– Mohammad-Aram Bonyar, Managing Director of Amin Credit Company
– Abol-Hassan Khalili, Managing Director of the Oil Seeds Unions Cooperative
– Qolam-Reza Habibi, managing Director of Farzan Scientific, Research, and Technology Institute
– Ahmad-Hassan Jazani, Reprehensive of the Fisheries Producers and Exporters
– Ata’ollah Ayatollahi, Secretary of Water Section of the Society of the Iranian Consultant Engineers Society
– Parviz Rahmati, Head of the Computer Systems Syndicate of the Country; and
– Ahmad Tavakkoli, Parliament Member; elaborated on their viewpoints, and criticisms regarding various economic issues and problems.
The headlines of the economic activists’ viewpoints and proposals were as follows:
– Devising objectives for the private sector for exports during the next five years
– Need for the Government’s paying attention to the viewpoints and consultations of the private sector
– Inefficiency of the sanctions keeping in mind that the country’s exports have increased 25% during the first four months of the current (Iranian) year compared to the same period last year
– Unprecedented growth of cement production, as one of the indexes for the country’s advancement and development
– Paying greater attention to industrial infrastructures in order to accelerate the process of development
– Decreasing the rate of additional payback for the banking facilities provided for the industries
– Need for paying attention to the capabilities and potentials of the private sector traders in implementation of the Article 44 policies (on privatization)
– Need for the Government’s greater contributions to production, industrial, and agricultural units
– Need for strengthening of the private sector by the Government
– Providing the ground for sound and legal competition between the public and private sector banks
– Managing pressures imposed due to goal orientation of subsidies over the agricultural sector
– Criticizing the multiplicity of the decision making circles for the agricultural sector
– Proposal for the establishment of a Supreme IT Council
– Need for greater support of the Government for investors in modern technologies
– Increasing the value of the capital market to 1,180 billion rials of the capital marker during the current (Iranian) year (ending on March 20th, 2012)
– Paying attention to the economic capacities of the scientific firms
– Refraining from making spontaneous decision regarding economic tariffs
– Taking advantage of modern economic facilities to further strengthen the infrastructures of the country’s economic system
– Negative affect of the raw materials’ increase price on the process of production
– Necessity of paying greater attention to the cooperatives sector
– Criticizing the unruly imports, particularly in agricultural sector products
– Dire need of the country to agriculture self-sufficiency
– Making investments and adopting special measure to end low turn out of water in agricultural and home use purposes
– Launching a campaign to lower the production price for goods and services
– Paying due attention to the information and communications technologies in relation with national wealth, employment, and productivity; and
– Heeding the importance of the small business centers parallel with the large economic firms

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