Iran, 2007

I am pleased and grateful to the Almighty to have the opportunity once

again to attend this important universal forum.

In the present tumultuous world, loud outcries,

threats and tensions predominate. The big Powers are

unable to solve present problems, and mistrust in

regional and international arenas is on the rise. The

psychological security of societies is targeted by an

onslaught of political and propaganda designs;

disappointment prevails with regard to the efficacy of

the policies and actions of the international

organizations in the establishment of durable peace and

security, and the protection of human rights is being

weakened. I plan to touch upon and explain the roots of

and solutions to these predicaments and some of the

principal challenges facing our world. I will also speak

to you about the need to remedy the present situation,

about prospects for a brighter and a more hopeful

future and about the appearance of the sublime, about

beauty, compassion and generosity, about justice and

the blossoming of all God-given human talents and

about the prominence of faith in God and the

realization of the promise of God. I will then submit

for your judgement the question of Iran’s nuclear

programme as a yardstick for the measurement of

honesty, efficacy, steadfastness and accomplishment. In

the closing part of my statement, I will offer my

proposals.

As you are all aware, mankind is currently facing

important, numerous and diverse challenges. I will

refer to some of them.

First, organized attempts to destroy the institution

of family and to weaken the status of women. Family is

the most sacred and valuable human institution. It is

the centre of the purest mutual love and affection

between mothers, fathers and children, provides a safe

environment for the nurturing of human generations

and serves as a fertile ground for the blossoming of

talent and compassion. This institution has been

respected in all times by all peoples, religions and

cultures. Today we are witnessing an organized attack

by the enemies and plunderers of humanity, who are

trying to destroy this noble institution by promoting

lewdness and violence and by crossing the boundaries

of chastity and decency.

Womanhood, as the manifestation of divine

beauty and supreme kindness, affection and purity, has

been heavily exploited in recent decades by the holders

of power and the owners of media and wealth. In some

societies, womanhood has been reduced to a mere

instrument of publicity, and all the boundaries and

protective shields of chastity, purity and beauty have

been trampled. That is a colossal betrayal of human

society and of future generations, and it is an

irreparable blow to the pillar of social coherence, the

family.

I now turn to the issues of widespread violations

of human rights, terrorism and occupation.

Unfortunately, human rights are being extensively

violated by certain Powers especially those who

pretend to be their exclusive advocates. Setting up

secret prisons, abducting persons, carrying out trials

and secret punishments without any regard for due

process, conducting extensive tapping of telephone

conversations, intercepting private mail and issuing

frequent summonses to appear at police and security

centres have become commonplace and prevalent.

These Powers prosecute scientists and historians for

stating their opinions on important global issues.

They use various pretexts to occupy sovereign

States and cause insecurity and division, and then use

the prevailing situation as an excuse to continue their

occupation. For more than 60 years, Palestine, as

compensation for the loss that it incurred during the

war in Europe, has been under the occupation of the

illegal Zionist regime. The Palestinian people have

been displaced, are under heavy military pressure or

economic siege or are incarcerated under abhorrent

conditions. The occupiers are protected and praised,

while the innocent Palestinians are subjected to

political, military and propaganda onslaughts. The

people of Palestine are deprived of water, electricity

and medicine for the sin of asking for freedom, and the

Government that was freely elected by the people is

targeted. Terrorists are being organized to attack the

lives and property of people with the blessings of the

politicians and military officials of the great Powers.

The brutal Zionists carry out targeted

assassinations of Palestinians in their homes and cities,

and terrorists are decorated with medals of peace and

receive support from the great Powers. On the other

hand, they attract a number of Jews from various parts

of the world by using false propaganda and by

promising to provide them with welfare, jobs and food,

and then settle them in the occupied territories,

exposing them to the harshest restrictions,

psychological pressures and constant threats. They

prevent these people from returning to their homelands

and, by coercion and propaganda, incite them to

malevolence towards the indigenous Palestinian

people.

Iraq was occupied under the pretext of

overthrowing a dictator and the existence of weapons

of mass destruction. The Iraqi dictator, who had been

supported by the same occupiers, was disposed of, and

no weapons of mass destruction were discovered, but

the occupation continues under different pretexts. No

day passes by without people being killed, wounded or

displaced, and the occupiers not only refuse to be

accountable for and ashamed of their military

adventure, but speak in a report of a new market for

their armaments as a result of it. They even oppose the

Constitution, the National Assembly and the

Government established by the vote of the people,

while not even having the courage to declare their

defeat and to leave Iraq.

Unfortunately, we are witnessing the bitter truth

that some Powers do not value any nation or human

being and that the only things that matter to them are

themselves and their political parties and groups. In

their view, human rights amount to profits for their

companies and their friends. The rights and the dignity

of American people are also being sacrificed for the

selfish desires of those holding power.

I shall now discuss aggressions against

indigenous cultures and national values. Culture is the

manifestation of identity, the key to the survival of

nations and the foundation for their interaction with

others. In an organized movement, indigenous cultures

that are messengers of monotheism, love and fraternity

are being subjected to broad and destructive

aggressions. National customs and values are being

humiliated, and the self-esteem and character of

nations are being ridiculed and defamed. The purpose

is to promote blind emulation, consumerism,

scepticism towards God and human values and the

plundering of the peoples’ wealth by great Powers.

With regard to poverty, illiteracy, health-care

issues and the gap between the rich and the poor, I

should like to say that, while a major part of the natural

environment in Asia, Africa and Latin America is being

plundered by the political and economic domination of

certain Powers, the situation of poverty and deprivation

is alarming.

Let me draw the attention of the Assembly to

some data issued by the United Nations. Every day,

nearly 800 million people go to bed hungry and about

980 million suffer from absolute poverty, having less

than a dollar a day in purchasing power. People in

31 countries equivalent to 9 per cent of the world’s

population have an average life expectancy of

46 years, which is 32 years fewer than the average in

developed countries. The gap between the rich and the

poor in some parts of the world has increased by

40 times. In many countries, the majority of the people

are deprived of access to education and schooling. In

developing countries, the rate of maternal mortality

during pregnancy is 450 per 100,000; that figure is 7 in

the richer nations. The infant mortality rate is 59 per

1,000 live births for the developing countries and 6 for

the richer nations. One third of the deaths throughout

the world or 50,000 deaths daily result from

poverty. I believe that those data clearly demonstrate

the tragic situation dominating economic interactions

in the world.

Next, I shall take up the forsaking of noble values

and the promotion of deception and lies. Some Powers

sacrifice all human values, including honesty, purity

and trust, for the advancement of their goals. They

propagate scepticism and deception in the relations

between States and peoples. They lie openly, level

baseless charges against others, act in contradiction to

legal norms and damage the atmosphere of trust and

friendship. In their relations with others, they openly

abandon morality and noble values, forsaking justice,

respect for others, love, affection and honesty for

selfishness, supremacy, enmity and imposition. They

sacrifice all the good things of life, including the

sublime, for their own greed.

I now turn to violations of rules of international

law and disrespect for commitments. Some, who

themselves have drafted international law, openly and

easily violate it and apply discriminatory policies and

double standards to others. Having drafted

disarmament regulations, they daily test and stockpile

new generations of lethal weapons. Having helped to

frame the Charter of the United Nations, they show

disrespect for the right of sovereign nations to self-

determination and independence. They conveniently

abrogate their formal treaties and do not yield to laws

concerning protection of the environment. Most of the

violations of international obligations are committed

by a few global Powers.

I will now talk about an escalation of threats and

the arms race. Some Powers, whenever their logic fails,

simply use the language of threats. The huge arms race

casts its menacing shadow over the entire globe. The

nations of Europe were the victims of two world wars

and a number of other devastating conflicts and were

subjected to the consequences of the cold war for many

decades. Today, Europeans are living under threat and

their interests, security and lands are endangered

because of the arms race carried on by certain big

Powers.

A bullying Power arrogates to itself the right to

set up a missile system, poisons the life of the peoples

of a continent and lays the ground for an arms race.

Some rulers who superficially appear to be powerful

actually believe that the tools they have at hand can be

used at any time and for any purpose and,

consequently, threaten others and cast the shadow of

insecurity over nations and regions.

International organizations and mechanisms

clearly lack the capacity to overcome problems and

challenges, to put in place fair and just relations and

peace, fraternity and security. There is hardly a

Government or nation that really trusts these

mechanisms to secure its rights or defend its

independence, territorial integrity and national

interests.

There are many more challenges besides the ones

I have enumerated. I know that I could have introduced

more had I wanted to touch upon them, but I chose to

confine myself to the ones I have stated. Now, the

important and decisive question concerns the roots and

causes of these challenges. A scientific and careful

analysis shows that two fundamental factors account

for the present situation. Without a doubt, the first

factor is the relations arising from the consequences of

the Second World War. The victors of the war drew the

road map for global domination and formulated their

policies on the basis not of justice but of safeguarding

the interests of the victors over the vanquished nations.

Therefore, for 60 years now, mechanisms arising from

this approach and related policies have been incapable

of finding just solutions for global problems. Some big

Powers still behave like the victors of the World War

and regard other States and nations, even those that had

nothing to do with the war, as the vanquished. They

humiliate other nations and make extortionate

demands. Their condescending ways are reminiscent of

medieval times and the old lord-serf relationship. They

believe that they should have more rights than others

and that they are not accountable to any international

organization.

Unfortunately, among all the ineffective bodies,

the United Nations Security Council ranks first; owing

to circumstances in which some Powers with an

exclusive and special right to the veto in the Security

Council act as prosecutor, judge and executioner. It is

natural that countries that have been subjected to those

Powers’ infringements of their rights have no hope of

getting what they deserve from the Council.

Regrettably, humanity has witnessed that in all

long wars like the Korean and Viet Nam wars, the

war of the Zionists against the Palestinians and against

Lebanon, the war of Saddam against the people of Iran

and the ethnic wars of Europe and Africa one

Security Council member was one of the belligerents

or supported one party, usually the aggressor, against

the other, or the conflict itself.

Let us take a look at Iraq. They first occupied the

country and then received authorization from the

Security Council the same Council in which the

same occupiers have the right of veto. Whom should

the people of Iraq complain about, and where should

they take their complaints, in the hope of securing their

rights?

We saw in Lebanon that some Powers, for 33

long days, prevented the Security Council from taking

any action against the Zionist regime with the hope of

giving it time to achieve victory. Then, when they

became disappointed at seeing their hopes unfulfilled,

they decided to put an end to the hostilities by adopting

a resolution. But the duty of the Security Council is to

prevent the expansion of conflicts, to put ceasefires in

place and to promote peace and security. To whom and

to what organization should the people of Lebanon

complain?

The presence of some monopolistic Powers has

prevented the Security Council from performing its

main duty, which is the maintenance of international

peace and security based on justice. The credibility of

the Council has been tarnished, and its efficacy in

defending the rights of United Nations Member States

has been undermined. Many nations have lost their

confidence in the Council. Some other mechanisms,

such as monetary and banking ones, are in the same

undesirable situation and have been turned into tools

that enable some Powers to impose their will on other

nations. It is evident that these mechanisms are not

capable of responding to current needs, solving

challenges or establishing fair and sustainable

relations.

Again, there is no doubt that the second and more

important factor is that some big Powers disregard

morals, divine values, the teachings of the prophets and

the will of the Almighty. They allow the rule of the

incompetent. How can the incompetent, who cannot

even manage themselves and conduct their own affairs,

govern humanity and arrange its affairs? Unfortunately,

these people have put themselves in the position of

God. They are in servitude to their own whims, and

they desire to have everything for themselves. For

them, human dignity and the lives, property and

territories of others are no longer respected. For

centuries, humanity has had a deep wound inflicted on

its tired body by impious Powers. Today, the problems

that people around the world face are mainly rooted in

disregard for human values and ethics, as well as in the

rule of the selfish and the incompetent.

The only sustainable approach to the betterment

of humankind is a return to the teachings of the divine

prophets, monotheism, respect for the dignity of

humans and the flow of love and affection in all

relationships, ties and regulations, and the reform of

present structures on this basis. To fulfil this objective,

I invite everybody to form a front of fraternity, amity

and sustainable peace, based on monotheism and

justice, under the name of the Coalition for Peace, to

prevent incursions and arrogance and to promote the

culture of affection and justice. I hereby announce that,

with the help of all independent, justice-seeking and

peace-loving nations, the Islamic Republic of Iran will

be heading down this path.

Monotheism, justice and compassion for humans

should predominate in all the pillars of the United

Nations, and this Organization should be a forum for

justice, where every member should enjoy equal

spiritual and legal support. The General Assembly,

representing the international community, should be

considered the most important pillar of the United

Nations and should, free from any pressure or threats

by big Powers, take the required measures for the

reform of the other United Nations structures including

especially the reform of the Security Council. It should

define new structures based on justice and democracy,

with a view to becoming responsive to present

requirements and settling existing challenges, thereby

bringing about enduring stability and security.

The nuclear issue of Iran is a clear example of

how such mechanisms perform and of the prevailing

thoughts behind them. Members are all aware that Iran

is a member of the International Atomic Energy

Agency (IAEA) and has always observed its rules and

regulations. It has had the most extensive cooperation

with that Agency in all areas. All our nuclear activities

have been completely peaceful and transparent.

According to the Statute of the IAEA, every

member has a number of rights and obligations. In fact,

all members have to stay on a peaceful path and, under

the supervision of the Agency, assist other members,

and they are entitled to be supported by the Agency

and have access to the fuel cycle with the help of the

Agency and its members.

Thus far, Iran has fulfilled all of its obligations

but has been deprived of other members’ technical

assistance and, even at times, of the Agency’s support.

For about five years, some of the aforementioned

Powers have, by exerting heavy pressure on the IAEA,

attempted to prevent the Iranian nation from exercising

its rights. They have derailed Iran’s nuclear issue from

its legal tracks, and have politicized the atmosphere to

impose their wishes through taking advantage of all

their potential.

The Government of Iran spared no effort to build

confidence, but they were not satisfied with anything

short of the complete halt of all activities, even those

related to research and university fields. They only

sought to deprive the Iranian people of all their

inalienable rights, even to the extent that centres not

involved in the fuel cycle or not in need of supervision

by the Agency were closed.

After three years of negotiations and attempts to

build confidence, the Iranian nation came to the firm

belief that the main concern of these Powers is not the

possible deviation of Iran’s nuclear activities, but is to

prevent its scientific progress under that pretext. If this

trend continues, there will be no possibility for Iran to

enjoy its rights, not even in the next 20 years.

Therefore, Iran decided to pursue the issue through its

appropriate legal path, one that runs through the IAEA,

and to disregard unlawful and political impositions by

the arrogant Powers.

In the past two years, abusing the Security

Council, the arrogant Powers have repeatedly accused

Iran and have even made military threats and imposed

illegal sanctions against it. However, by the grace of

faith in God and national unity, Iran has moved

forward step by step, and now our country is

recognized as one with the capacity for industrial-scale

fuel cycle production for peaceful uses. Unfortunately,

the Security Council, in dealing with this obvious legal

issue, was influenced by some bullying Powers and

failed to uphold justice and protect the rights of the

Iranian people.

Fortunately, the IAEA has recently tried to regain

its legal role as supporter of the rights of its members

while supervising nuclear activities. We see this as a

correct approach adopted by the Agency. Previously,

they illegally insisted on politicizing the Iranian

nation’s nuclear case, but today, because of the

resistance of the Iranian nation, the issue is back with

the Agency, and I officially announce that, in our

opinion, the nuclear issue of Iran is now closed and has

turned into an ordinary Agency matter. Today, many

important questions have been raised about the nuclear

activities of certain Powers within the IAEA, which

should be dealt with properly. Of course, Iran has

always been, and will be, prepared to have constructive

talks with all parties.

I would like to thank all the nations and countries

that, during this difficult period, defended the legal

rights of my nation and motherland. I also want to

express our appreciation to the members of the

Non-Aligned Movement, our friends in the Security

Council and in the IAEA Board of Governors, the

committed and law-abiding experts of the Agency and

its Director General for standing by the law. I would

also like to announce that, unlike the monopolistic

Powers, the Iranian nation is ready to offer to other

members its experiences in the form of educational

programmes, based on its obligations under the

Agency’s Statute and under Agency supervision.

Now I would like to address those who have

shown hostility towards the Iranian nation for some

five years and who have offended and accused my

people, who have contributed to the history and

civilization of the world. I advise them to learn from

history and their recent actions. They badly mistreated

the great Iranian nation, but they should be careful not

to inflict the same on other members of international

organizations, and not to sacrifice the dignity of

international organizations for the sake of their

unlawful wishes. Today the nations of the world are

wide awake and resistant. If those Powers reform

themselves, the whole world will be reformed. Nations

are inherently good and can coexist peacefully.

Those Powers should endeavour to serve their

own peoples; others do not need them. Is it not high

time for these Powers to return from the path of

arrogance and obedience to Satan to the path of faith in

God? Would they not like to be cleansed of their

impurities, submit to the will of God and believe in

him? Faith in God means believing in honesty, purity,

justice and compassion for others. They can be certain

that they will benefit from purity, honesty, justice and

loving and respecting human dignity. They can also be

certain that such values are, more and more, considered

appropriate, valuable and beautiful by the nations of

the world.

This is the invitation of all the divine prophets

from Adam to Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ and

Mohammed, peace be upon him. If they accept this

invitation, they will be saved, and if they do not, the

same calamities that befell the people of the distant

past will befall them as well. According to the holy

Quran: One who does not answer the divine call

should not think that he has weakened God on Earth;

he has no companion but God and he is clearly

engulfed by darkness”. They have nothing of their own

and cannot escape from the dominion of the rule of

God and his will.

At this important gathering, I have to remind

them of the following words of the Almighty, which

are mentioned in the Holy Quran:

Do they not look at the powers and

Governments which came before them? If the

people of the past had actually possessed

something, they would have kept it and would not

have let you possess it now. God destroyed them

because of their sins, and nobody could protect

them against the will of God.

These Powers have to know that thoughts and

methods based on oppression and injustice are doomed

to failure. Do they not see the signs of vigilance and

resistance based on monotheism, philanthropy and the

justice-seeking spirit of the nations of the world? Do

they not notice that we are nearing the sunset of the

time of empires? I hope that this invitation will have a

practical answer.

Peoples and Governments are not obliged to obey

the injustice of certain Powers. Those Powers, for the

reasons already mentioned, have lost the competence to

lead the world. I officially declare that the age of

relations arising from the Second World War and of

materialistic thought based on arrogance and

domination is well over now. Humanity has passed a

perilous precipice and the age of monotheism, purity,

affinity, respect for others, justice and true peace-

loving has commenced.

It is the divine promise that the truth will be

victorious and the Earth will be inherited by the

righteous. Those who are free, believers and the people

of the world should put their trust in God. Those who

crave lofty values, wherever they are, should try to

prepare the grounds for the fulfilment of that great

divine promise by serving the people and seeking

justice.

The era of darkness will end, prisoners will return

home, the occupied lands will be freed, Palestine and

Iraq will be liberated from the domination of the

occupiers, and the peoples of America and Europe will

be free of the pressures exerted by the Zionists.

Tenderhearted and humanity-loving Governments will

replace the aggressive and domineering. Human

dignity will be regained. The pleasing aroma of justice

will permeate the world and people will live together in

a brotherly and affectionate manner.

Striving in that way to surrender rule to the

righteous and perfect human, the promised one, is

indeed the final cure for the wounds of humanity, the

solution of all problems, and the establishment of love,

beauty, justice and a dignified life throughout the

world. That belief and endeavour is the key to unity

and constructive interaction among nations, countries,

the people of the world and all true justice-seekers.

Without a doubt, the promised one who is the ultimate

saviour, along with Jesus Christ and other holy

prophets, will come. In the company of all believers,

justice-seekers and benefactors, he will establish a

bright future and fill the world with justice and beauty.

That is the promise of God; therefore it will be

fulfilled. Let us play a part in the fulfilment of all that

glory and beauty.

I wish for a bright future for all human beings,

the dawn of the liberation of and freedom for all

humans, the rule of love and affection all around the

world, as well as the elimination of oppression, hatred

and violence a wish that I expect to be fulfilled in

the near future.