Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei met with thousands of Iranian pupils and students on Wednesday morning on the eve of the 13th day of the Iranian calendar month of Aban, which has been designated as the Student Day and the National Day of Fight against Global Arrogance. During the meeting, the Leader warned against “some dangerous moves and efforts” to distort the truth and logic of the resistance of the late Imam Khomeini and the Iranian nation against the United States in the minds of the young generation, and to make them believe that the sole way to solve the country’s problems is through negotiation and compromise with the United States. Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei emphasized, “What solves the country’s problems is the revolutionary spirit and thinking in the sense of trusting in God, [having] confidence in inside , courage for taking action and step, insight, acting upon Imam’s recommendations, showing innovation, hope in the future, not being scared by the enemy and not submitting in its face.”

Referring to the historical occasions embedded in the 13th day of Aban (November 3), the Leader of the Islamic Revolution described the capture of the US spy den (former US embassy in Tehran) as the most prominent of them, adding, “This day is, in fact, the day of the faithful, revolutionary, courageous, brave, and innovative young people, who barred the enemy from making any move through their measure in capturing the [US] spy den.”

Reminding the audience that the late Imam Khomeini described the storming of the US spy den in Iran as the “second revolution,” Ayatollah Khamenei noted, “This description and this designation were due to America’s conspiracies and evil acts both prior to and after the revolution against the Iranian nation, because the American government did not spare any effort and any official and unofficial measure to bring the Islamic Revolution to failure and the revolutionary youths in that time, foiled its plot through capturing the spy den.”
Referring to documents obtained from inside of the US embassy [building] in Tehran, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, “These documents, which were in the form of shredded papers upon the capture of the spy den and were collected and remade through the efforts and endeavor of the revolutionary youths, reveal the depth of America’s conspiracies and animosity against the Iranian nation.”

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution noted that about 70 volumes of books have been compiled on the basis of documents obtained from the US embassy in Tehran, and while criticizing lack of due attention to these important and valuable books at Iranian schools and universities, asked, “Why is there no sign of these books among the collection of lessons [taught] at [Iranian] schools and universities?”

Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized the need for the new minister of education, and the minister of science, research, and technology to follow up on this issue, and rounded up this part of his remarks by saying, “The capture of the spy den on Aban 13, 1358 (November 4, 1979), was, in fact, a natural reaction to conspiracies and hostilities of a bullying superpower, which considered Iran as its own and plundered the resources and wealth of the Iranian nation for long years, but this country was taken out of its hands through the victory of the Islamic Revolution.”
Ayatollah Khamenei added, “The leader of this great move was also Imam [Khomeini], because at that time, different steps were taken to thwart the measure taken by the revolutionary youths in capturing the [US] spy den, but Imam firmly stood against them.”

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution then pointed to some dangerous moves and efforts made to infuse two mistaken thoughts in the minds and the public opinion, especially among the youth, and noted, “These two mistakes include: 1) the honorable Imam’s resistance against America and that he said ’shout all your cries at America’, stemmed from bias and obstinacy, [and] 2) resolution of [all] the country’s problems depends on negotiation and compromise with America.”

Ayatollah Khamenei then stated, “These two wrong notions are being injected into the society, especially through the press and universities, by America as well as their dependent agents and some repentant and exhausted and world-seeking .”

With regard to the first wrong thought, the Leader said, “ that they publicize that Imam’s resistance against America was out of bias and obstinacy and vanity, means that Imam followed no logic in his resistance against America, while resistance of the Islamic establishment and the Iranian nation in the face of America was based on totally logical arguments.”

Explaining those arguments, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, “The policy and nature of the arrogant government of America is based on wanting more and [having] excessive demands, which it has been enforcing over long years in different parts of the world, especially in the West Asia region and pre-revolution Iran. Therefore, if during the early months of the revolution there was the slightest amount of negligence and [if] Imam had not stood up against America, the enemy, which had been pushed out through the door, would have got back again through the window.”

Ayatollah Khamenei mentioned defending human values as another logical reason behind Imam’s resistance against America and emphasized, “The American establishment is poles apart from human values and when Imam said, ‘Shout all your cries at America’, it meant ‘death to a government and establishment, which has nothing to do with human values’.”

Referring to election debates between the two candidates for the United States presidential election, the Leader said, “These two candidates are revealing facts and horrendous realities from inside America these days, about which I previously said [even] much less , but some people did not believe or did not want to believe, though now, their remarks in their debates are indicative of the abolition of human values in America.”

Pointing to issues raised in recent US presidential election debates about racial discrimination and poverty in the United States and that 90 percent of the [country’s] wealth is controlled by [only] one percent of the people, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said, “Trampling upon human values and human rights, discrimination and racism are current realities of the American society.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei, said another logical reason for Imam’s opposition to America was that Washington gave refuge to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the early days after the victory of the Islamic Revolution and that the United States made an effort to redesign something similar to what happened in the military coup d’état on August 19, 1953. The Leader added, “By saying, ’shout all your cries at America’, the Imam actually awakened the [Iranian] nation and made them aware and prevented a big plot from being hatched in the early revolution.”

The Leader then pointed to various conspiracies by the United States since the victory of the revolution and its full support for former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during eight years of the imposed war, and also the performance of the US since the end of the war up to the present day, especially with regard to Iran’s nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and what happened later. Ayatollah Khamenei added, “Just a few days ago, the American negotiator during the nuclear talks explicitly said ‘we have imposed sanctions on Iran after the JCPOA’. Therefore, here comes the reality, that’s the government we are facing.”

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized, “If the Iranian nation stood up against America at the time of the Imam and if it is still chanting slogans against America today and continues to stand up against it, is based on a strong and documented logic.”

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