Source:
Mir Hossein Mousavi's facebook
Yesterday Mehdi Karroubi visited Mir Hossein Mousavi. In
this meeting, which lasted two hours, various issues of the society and the
country were discussed. This included Iran's Green Movement, Economy,
Corruption and Qods Day.
Mir Hossein Mousavi (left) with Mehdi
Karroubi (file photo)
At the beginning of the meeting Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein
Mousavi offered their condolences for the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam
Ali to all Muslims, especially all Shi'as and also reminded of the importance of
the Ghadr nights in the holy month of Ramadan.
In this meeting, Mehdi Karroubi, while commiserating about the
economic hardship and living condition of the people, stated that eliminating
the experienced and expert forces on one hand and the government's lack of
attention to the plans and long term goals on the other hand have resulted in
the inability to use the country's rich resources in general and proper use of
energy in particular. Mehdi Karroubi added that currently Qatar is very active
in the shared gas field and is enjoying its benefits, while the Iranian
government has not paid the least attention to this important topic to explore
and use this field. He also added if the fourth Development Plan was correctly
implemented, today we would be extracting more than 6 million barrels of oil
daily while our extraction is now less than 3.5 million barrels a day. Mehdi
Karroubi also expressed dissatisfaction of the status of the shared field
between Iran and Iraq and said the Iraqi side despite a lot of problems
including security issues has been able to finish its study phase during this
time and prepare the requirements for work in that field but our officials
without having regards for national interests and future of the country have not
even initiated the relevant studies. Mehdi Karroubi reiterated what is not
important for the government in all these are the Iranian people and their
national interests.
In continuation of this meeting, Mir Hossein Mousavi pointed
out the dynamics of the Green Movement among various sectors of the society and
reiterated that the Green Movement of Iranian people has formed based on
justice-seeking demands and in this movement different views and trends can be
seen; in this movement promoting public awareness and removing ignorance plays
an important role. Restoring basic and fundamental rights through peaceful
movements is the common goal of all people who are present in this movement.
While condemning the uncompromising policy of violence, illegal arrests,
political sentences and ignoring the basic rights of the prisoners, Mir Hossein
Mousavi emphasized on the fact that experience of the last year shows the
failure of the policy of resorting to violence and blind arrests and creating a
security and police atmosphere. Mir Hossein Mousavi also added that the
elongation of the path of reform, although has imposed a heavy price on our
society but discussing different issues and topics by individuals and legal
entities has resulted in the maturity and livelihood of this movement and
despite a very heavy security atmosphere has been able to include various layers
of the society and become more influential in the society every day.
In continuation of the meeting and regarding the Qods Day,
combating the culture of lies and the deplorable economic situation and
livelihoods of the people, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi jointly
emphasized on the followings:
Qods Day
The great Iranian nation and Imam Khomeini have always
supported Muslims and oppressed nations particularly the Palestinian nation.
Qods Day is the symbol of support of the free people for an oppressed nation who
have been driven out from their homeland and during this period have suffered
many hardships and pains. The oppressed nation of Palestine despite numerous
United Nations resolutions because the occupying regime [of Israel] has not
conceded to act based on them has not been able to regain its legitimate rights.
Article 154 of the constitutions states that independence and freedom is the
right of all the people of the world and while avoids interfering in internal
affairs of other countries, supports the justice-seeking efforts of the
oppressed people of Palestine. It is obvious that the situations that has been
emerged from assault are not recognized and will not be recognized in today's
world; as the General Assembly of the United Nations based on the fundamental
principles of international laws repeatedly has announced that gaining
territories by using force is not legitimate. Therefore by emphasizing on the
right to "choose destiny" we support the justice-seeking struggles of the
Palestinians and all the sincere efforts to reinstate and regain this nation's
rights; and we believe that by preparing the suitable grounds and with the
participation of all the people of Palestine including Muslims, Jews and
Christians (with right of equal vote) and in a healthy and fair process the
fate of this ancient and historic land can be determined and the followers of
divine religions can live peacefully together.
Fighting the culture of lie which is the key of all
evil
In Islamic culture and teachings telling lies is "one of the
greatest sins and is recognized as the key of all evil deeds". Imam Ali (Shi'a
first Imam) had paid specific attention to the pest of lie and its destructive
consequences and had stated "No appalling deed is as ugly as telling lies". One
of the problems of the country is the institutionalization of telling lies and
the reliance of officials on lies in various affairs including economy,
management, statistics, political and religious issues. They have been so much
caught up in telling lies that finding a true word from this administration is
like finding a precious pearl. Regarding this issue the remarks made by the
minister of intelligence about [Green Leaders] receiving billions of dollars
from foreigners [to create chaos following the presidential elections], without
presenting any proof and evidence, which of course he himself knows very well
that is not true, is another insult to the spontaneous and reformist movement of
the great and noble people of Iran. While condemning these illegal, immoral and
against religion behaviors of these guys, who for the hollow comfort of this
short life in material world and staying in power legitimize any evil deed, we
demand that they publish their documents even the fake ones so that those who
lie would be embarrassed,
Corruption and deplorable economic situation
The economic situation and livelihoods of the people, despite
Iran being a rich land both in terms of materials and in terms of spirituality,
are very disturbing. Unparalleled God-given resources in depth of the layers of
the earth and also the educated human resources, are very valuable assets, which
have not yet been utilized for various reasons including [the government's]
hatred toward science, mismanagement, lack of recognition for rights and
freedoms of people and lack of understanding and knowledge of international
affairs in the direction of national interests and prosperity for the country.
Despite the astronomical oil revenue, which is unprecedented in Iranian history,
various classes of the people are today in very difficult conditions. Plans and
national development projects are abandoned one after the other and in this
chaos it is not clear how and where hundreds of billions of dollars of oil
revenue have been spent. This is while the economic situation and livelihood of
the people, the real owners of this country is worsening every day and the
unemployment along with the government's corruptions and financial exploitations
have sharply increased. While the noble people of Iran are struggling to meet
basic and essential needs, tens of billions are spent from the public money for
a show conference. The files of financial corruptions of the managers and
officials are suddenly aborted before going through the judicial process so that
those who make claims about confronting corruption continue to plunder the
national resources without any concern. By militarizing of the economy and
obtaining exclusive rights instead of privatizing [the government-run
businesses and industries], the presence and role of the people in the field of
economy has been minimized and the country's private sector that has a small
portion of the country's economy is about to collapse. Economic growth and
development of the country based on social justice requires prerequisites such
as change in the government's role from ownership and management to policy
making and monitoring, as well as transferring affairs to the private sector in
the light of healthy and transparent competition and increasing the
competitiveness of the national economy.
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