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The Supreme Leader's Speech on 9/11 2009
Submitted by William on September 10, 2009 - 11:00pm.For background reference:
The text of the Supreme Leader's speech (in his attempt to defuse opposition to the imposition of a second Ahmadinejad term) - translation by the NCF Iran Unit
- The Iranian people need peace and security. Since the victory of the Islamic revolution the nation has been subjected to events that could have overturned the country from its roots. I am confident that this people will achieve the goals it is destined for.
- Freedom of expression is a characteristic of democratic society
- Political disputes such as those seen in Iran have been seen in other countries
- We will continue in this manner based on the pillars of the revolution.
- I call the youth to guard their pure hearts
- The elections are the issue of the hour in our country and I want to put 3 issues into the framework: to the nation, to the all those who have a connection with the elections, to the arrogant leaders of the world and some of those are the western leaders
- The first subject: my speech to the people, the election results confirmed the people's loyalty to the ruling system. We don't see this in other democracies
- The voter turnout in the elections reached 85% and this points to divine support
- The youth have shown that political identity is still vital as it was in the time of the revolution
- There is commitment among all sections of society to preserving the state and the government
- These elections were a political earthquake for your enemies and for your friends it represented a significantly joyful event.
- The elections have underlined religious democracy and the rule of religious people. This is the third way, the participation in confronting despotic democracies and democracies isolated from religion
- Faith in the Islamic Republic was highlighted by these elections. Enemies of Iran are attacking this faith.
- The enemies of the Republic know that diminishing this confidence will weaken participation and undermine the legitimacy of the system of the Islamic Republic and this is more dangerous than the burning of a bank here or there
- The competition between the candidates was transparent and some of the disorder that you can see until now is a result of this
- The competition between the candidates between four people from different streams but all are part of and believers in the Islamic government.
- The conniving media channels have portrayed the battle between supporters of the government and its opponents
- All of the candidates are part of the system
- Of course there are differences between them but the competition between them was within the framework of the establishment
- I know them although I don't agree with all their opinions. I think some are more appropriate for the country than the others. I will not impose my will on the people
- In the debates the candidates presented their opinions with full transparency and presented their policies and programmes to the people
- The masses don't feel alienated by the Islamic government, everything was clear and the people made their decision with full awareness
- Discussion should not become a series of malicious grudges and it is positive that conversations should continue between officials. They should be critical and explain their positions clearly
- If the debates continue over the coming 4 years this will prevent the next elections form being so explosive
- The debates had some faults like a lack of logic and the predominance of tensions and subversion. This subjected the current government to a lack of support in the debates
- The debates were live on television and I was happy to accept the freedom of expression in the Islamic Republic but I was not happy with these negative aspects that came out of the debates.
- Before the debates I received some reports criticising the legal president of the country, some criticised him as a liar
- There was also criticism of the services given to the people over the past 3 decades by the system through figures such as Hashmei Rafsanjani and Sheikh Nateq al Nouri. There were rumours about them and these matters should be proved only through legal channels and should not be presented unless their truth can be ascertained first. Everyone knows Rafsanjani. I have known him for 52 years and he is one of the most important activists of the revolution. He has never sought personal gain. There are differences between him and the president on foreign policy and the implementation of social justice and the opinion of the president is closer to my own opinion.
- You cannot doubt the connection between Sheikh Nateq Nouri and the establishment on revolution
- Television debates are good. In one of them the president highlighted several observations
- Yes there is corruption. But the Islamic Republic is one of the most sound and healthy governments in the world. The accusation of corruption is incorrect. The accusation of officials without proof is not correct. We should fight corruption wherever we find it. We see what is happening now in Britain
- These elections are historical, epic and global. But some of our enemies want to transform this victory into the breakdown of the nation. They don't want to acknowledge the highest voter turnout in the world
- 40 million voted for this revolution not 24 million. The Islamic Republic does not betray the votes of its people
- This country does not permit faking elections. Everyone who knows the electoral mechanism here knows that, is it possible to fake 11 million?
- I will not accept any process not in accordance with the constitution for appealing these elections. We must abide by the legal framework or there will be no faith in elections in the future
- I ordered a re-count of some of the ballot boxes in the presence of the candidates representatives
- The second subject: The candidates and participants in the electoral process, I say to you, look at the political disarray. We are experiencing bitter times in our history. We should be conscious of this, know the facts and not commit errors
- The leaders should look again at their ideas and positions because this extremism will spread among the people
- If the political elite want to burn the law they are responsible for the chaos and the blood
- We must be bound by the results of the elections and not go out onto the streets
- We must block the path of the terrorists who want to strike their blows
- The protests may offer cover to terrorists. Who is responsible for those who were killed? Maybe some will exploit this chaos
- You cannot campaign in the streets after the elections. I ask that this situation come to an immediate end.
- Going out into the streets is not a tool that can pressurise the government or impose the will of some people on it. This pressure is the start of dictatorship
- I ask everyone to respect the law. We should be celebrating the joyful victory
- If some want to take another path I will speak again more frankly with the people
- The third subject: The west and America, the western countries have followed events before and after the elections. Before the election the position was to doubt and belittle the participation of the people but they didn't expect that there would be a turnout of 40 million or 85%
The last few paras talk about the USA and Zionists and deteriorate into incomprehensible and confused diatribe

