The member of the board of directors of the Assembly of Experts added, “Some of the barriers to the implementation of social justice are related to the officials and some others are due to the people. The officials and executors of society must remove the barriers to social justice. The first obstacle for the managers and officials is that sometimes managers don’t have the right to hear the truth and they aren’t familiar with the realities of society.”
He described the Hajj a source of love, fraternity and affection between Muslims and added, “The Supreme Leader ordered that the ranks of the Islamic Ummah to unite. After that, the worship of Hajj is very important and the Hajj pilgrims must strive and make use of these spiritual opportunities. Also, the hosts of the pilgrims must place the protection of the safety and dignity of the Hajj pilgrims on their agenda.”
Referring to the anniversary of United States Navy’s strike on Iran Air Flight 655 which occurred on July 3, 1988, Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri called for an explanation of American human rights and added, “The criminal case of the United States has been very black from August 19, 1953 [the overthrow of the democratically elected Iranian Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh] until today and a week or a month hasn’t gone by where we haven’t witnessed a crime against Iran and the Islamic Ummah. There is a long list of American criminal and anti-humanitarian actions but through these criminal actions, the United States accuses other countries of not respecting human rights and imposes pressure on them through various means.”
The secretary of the Supreme Council of the Islamic Seminary referred to the disloyal actions of the opposing sides in regard to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and said, “It has been one year since the United States withdrew from the JCPOA and since that day, they have imposed a number of sanctions on us. The expectation of the officials was that the European countries would fulfill the rights and demands of Iran but behind the podium, the Europeans were saying that the JCPOA must remain intact but they didn’t even take one step on this path.”
He added, “After a year of patience on the part of the Islamic system, it was decided that if the opposing sides didn’t comply with their obligations, they would reduce their obligations. We have already taken two actions and in two days we will pursue the reduction of the second step of our obligations. Henceforth, we don’t recognize any limits to enrich uranium. In regard to the issues of enrichment and Arak, we will return to the pre-JCPOA situation.”
Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The strategy of the enemies is to impose pressure on the Iranian people and the officials in order to force the officials to negotiate. One once hand, they impose sanctions and on the other hand, they speak about negotiations.”
The vice-president of the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom condemned the foolish actions of the United States in sanctioning the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Khamenei) and continued, “One of the things that demonstrates the irrationality of the Americans is the sanctioning of the dear and wise Supreme Leader. The Americans don’t know Iran, the region, the world and the imam and leader of the community.”
He has said, “A person like the Supreme Leader, who has millions of followers around the world, is not afraid of the threats. This same experience was done during the Shah’s time so that the funds wouldn’t reach the Imam but the people moved against the demands of the tyrants and the result was the victory of the Islamic Revolution.”
Ayatollah Hoseyni-Bushehri said, “The fact that you sanction the Supreme Leader is ridiculed by the Iranian people because they wonder what goes on in the heads of the American officials that they act like this. We want to have the support of the Islamic world, the nation of Iran, the Islamic Seminaries, the sources of emulation and the personalities of the Islamic world and the United States will repent and regret it what it has done a thousand times over.”