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Forty-two years ago, one of the most popular revolutions of the 20th century triumphed and succeeded in supporting the role and struggle of the Iranian people in a social and political battle led by Imam Khomeini, against the authoritarian monarchy who was dependent on foreigner powers for political support.
The popular Iranian Revolution was meant to bring a country based on true democracy to the Iranian society.
Over the past four decades, the people and the government of Iran, despite the conspiracies and obstacles created by the enemies, have had many achievements in scientific, economic and technological fields.
These achievements have brought self-sufficiency to the people and country of Iran.
However, the enemies of Iran have resorted to imposing an unjust war in the form of illegal sanctions. This is no doubt clear economic terrorism and sustained pressure on the people of Iran.
The government and people of Iran are proud to have demonstrated in the last 42 years that they are prepared for negotiations which bring mutual respect and honourable agreements to all parties.
Iran is prepared to negotiate and sign treaties that bring respect and dignity to its people and is fully committed to all requirements that are free from oppressive pressure from its enemies.
Iran is prepared and can defeat enemies of the initiators of economic terrorism with maximum force and heroic resistance.
It should be noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran has played an irreplaceable role in ensuring the stability and security of the region and the world with heroic sacrifices in an effort to fight against the ominous phenomena of terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking thereby paying heavy spiritual and material in the process.
In this regard, the Islamic Republic of Iran commemorates the memory of the national and transnational hero of the fight against terrorism and extremism, Martyr Qassem Soleimani and all the martyrs who lost their lives in this way for the sake of peace and security in the region and the world.
Iranian Revolution achievements and successes:
Livelihood progresses:
The Iranian people lived in extremely poor conditions during the Pahlavi rule, because the oil revenues were spent for revelries of the royal family and the courtiers and magnates who were in one way or another linked with the Shah and his masters in Washington.
Addressing the livelihood of the people is among the main duties of any government. But the Pahlavi despotic regime had forgotten this duty.
Iranian culture revived
One of the factors for the Iranian people’s uprising against the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah was that the regime of Shah was opposite to Islamic culture and values and tried to promote immorality in society.
Increased role of women
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, women have increasingly taken part in different domains such as politics, culture, economy, sciences, literature, art and sport.
Science and technology
It should be noted that Iran has an advanced scientific and technological base.
This is supported by the statistics of the global prestigious International institutes which indicate the comprehensive development of agricultural products, industrial products, nanotechnology, and peaceful nuclear energy of Iran.
Currently, Iran enjoys a prominent scientific position in the region and the world and, in some of the sophisticated technologies which are in the monopoly of the western governments, Iran is a pioneer. Hence, Iran has embarked on expansion and deepening of education at every level.
Home grown medicine
Medicine is one of the indices of scientific progress of a country.
Progress in medical domain has grown 75 times more than the pre-revolution period so that the Islamic Republic of Iran ranks 17 in the world and first in West Asia.
Hi-tech achievements: Stem cells
Scientific progresses have been accelerated in Iran for the past 42 years but progress has been more spectacular in some domains.
For instance, the Iranian scientists have gained great achievements in the new found field of stem cells.
Massive nanotechnology progresses
Nanotechnology is a new science which has created great developments in scientific fields and is rapidly spreading.
Iran great at space science
Today, the importance of presence in the space is felt so much so that the nations without space technology and satellites are called blind.
Satellites are very effective in the fields like telecommunications, research, studying underground resources, meteorology and mapping, and some countries even use them for spying and military purposes.
Peaceful nuclear energy
Nuclear technology is another technology in which Iran has made great progress. The western regimes, especially the US, have made many efforts to demonise Iran’s nuclear achievement in a bid to prevent Iran’s path of progress.
This comes while Iran has done all its activities under the full supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Industry: Iran has succeeded in planning and putting into practice programmes for development of industry and reduction of dependence in this field.
Steel industry progresses
Steel industry is very important and strategic among other industrial achievements of the Islamic Republic as it has a lot of consumptions.
Aluminum is another metal which has a lot of consumptions due to solidity, lightness and durability.
Iran has attained good achievements in cement production.
Iran is one of the major manufacturers and exporters of cement and in 2016 ranked third in the world.
Motor vehicle industry
As for the motor vehicle industry, Iran ranks 16 with manufacturing more than 1,5 million cars and exports the surplus to different countries.
Iran with its enormous fossil fuel reserves, has the fourth rank in oil and 1st rank in gas reserves.
Therefore, oil and gas is the largest industry in the country.
During the past 42 years, many efforts have been made to make products of crude and export them.
That’s why refineries make products like petrol, oil, liquefied gas, mazut, and so on.
Petrochemicals is another important industry which turns crude oil and gas to valuable and more applicable substances such as plastic, polymer, artificial wool and cotton and a plethora of other products. Gas is another strategic industry in Iran.
Iran’s mine development
Iran is a unique country in the field of huge reserves not just of oil and gas but many minerals and ores. Thus, it is one of the third rich countries in this regard and that’s why it is called the paradise of mines.
From among 68 minerals in Iran, mention can be made of copper, zinc, gold, coal, and iron ore.
Transport progresses
Presently, Iran has a huge fleet of ships and frigates and 125 thousand captains who have valid licenses for transferring travellers and goods.
All these achievements have been made in spite of the fact that the enemies, especially the US, have done their best to strike the Islamic Republic and put the people in bottleneck.
In view of this, Ayatollah Khamenei raised the issue of “Resistance Economy” to thwart the enemies’ plans.
◆ His Excellency Abbas Navazani is the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Zimbabwe.
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