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Ayatollah Khamenei's letter to promote awareness among youth: Analyst

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei

Press TV has conducted an interview with Ibrahim Mousavi, a political analyst in Beirut, to discuss Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s second letter to the youth in the West.  

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: Now of course the theme of this letter has been that terrorism is a collective or a common worry for both the Muslim world and the West and that it is imperative that its root causes be discussed and looked into by the youth in the West. How important is that in today’s age and time?

Mousavi: Indeed, it is very important; it is very timely. This is a very monumental kind of speech, kind of a message to the Western youth. I mean we have to pinpoint very important and significant aspects of the message of Ayatollah, the leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei, for the Western youth. Here we are not talking about the governments; we are not talking about like those who are in power now, he is talking about the motorcycle for the future to come. We are talking about the youth who are the generations in the future and the destiny of most of the Western countries. They should be held responsible; they should be aware of what is really happening in their governments and in their systems that they understand really what is happening and be responsible for the future.

This is a very important message because I mean had not it been for Imam Khamenei, who else in this world, there is no one single man, there is no other leader like him, no other state like Iran is saying the things as they should be said to the Western countries. No one is holding the Western countries and the Western governments responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians. The way Imam Khamenei is holding them responsible for, no other state is saying the things in a very clear way, direct way, to say the things as they should be said to call them as they should be called. I believe this is very sensitive; this is very important. The message of awareness that he is spreading is very important at this time because he is holding them responsible for the disasters [and] catastrophes that are taking place in our part of the world and he is also giving them a kind of warning that they should live up and wake up to the kind of system of values that they keep talking about. Here we talk about the double standards that they always use against the Palestinians and against the Arabs and the Muslims as if they are people of lesser value.

This is very important at this moment because it is not only going to make them aware of what is happening, it is also going to be a kind of awakening moment for the Muslims and the Arabs to understand that they are in a position to hold the Western governments responsible for their atrocities, for their bias, and for their support for … Israel.

Press TV: Mr. Mousavi very quickly if you can. This is the second letter that the leader has penned to the Western youth. In both instances though, he appealed to the nature of the Western youth of asking questions and looking into the matters themselves without being told what to think and what to believe. How imperative is that?

Mousavi: It is very imperative; it is very important because here we are talking about a kind of brainwash, here we are talking about a kind of propaganda that has always been over the heads of the Western youth by the governments. They are being dictated from the above. They think that they are living in free countries. Yes, they are free in certain way, in proportional way, but at the same time they are going to choose among things that have been decided by the government. Take, for example, the designation of certain liberation movements of certain people. The Palestinian people are being depicted as terrorists while they are struggling for their lives, for their own dignity, which necessarily boils down to the same values of the Western countries. Yet, their governments dictate upon the people. The kind of media that they receive, the kind of message is that they are being dictated is that the Palestinian people are terrorists.

So when he sends this message to the youth, and this is the second message, he is giving them the opportunity; he is awakening them. And this is very important at this moment because they are going to ask themselves why this Leader of Iran is giving us these kinds of messages. They are going to go to alternative media; they will go to the social media, to the new media and this is going to help in the future to make them in a position to hold their government, to hold their representatives in the cabinet, to hold their representatives in the parliament responsible for the actions and for their moves and the different decision that are being taken in their governments. 


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