TEHRAN (Iran News) – Explaining the necessities and requirements of the revolutionary reconstruction of the cultural structure of the country, President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi emphasized, “In addition to the headquarters and the center for the implementation and follow-up of this huge plan, which is obliged to report on the implementation of this plan in a continuous and regular manner, I will personally pursue the implementation and progress of this plan”.
Speaking at the “Logic of Revolutionary Reconstruction of the Country’s Cultural Structure” conference, Raisi referred to the proposal of the necessity of this reconstruction by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution at the beginning of the work of the Popular Administration, and said, “The proposal of this demand and necessity is a proof of concern of the Supreme Leader towards the issues and cultural field of the country, which has always been under attack”.
Stating that the importance of culture comes from its identity formation and authority creation, the President added, “Today’s identity and authority of Islamic Iran originates from our rich culture, which has been under attack not only today but always”.
Raisi stated that the intellectuals, the educated and the elites of the society are the main guardians of monitoring the developments and they should identify the harms before others and warn them in time and provide solutions to solve them before others, saying, “Throughout the long history of our country, there have always been compassionate people who identified harms before the general public, warned about them and took action to resolve them, and this procedure is basically the indicator and criterion for identifying elites and intellectuals”.
The President stated, “Growth and progress in this system should naturally be culture-oriented, and basically, culture should be the flagship of any progress. The dynamism and transformation in all spheres and arenas of the Islamic Republic of Iran system is due to the centrality of culture”.
Raisi stated that this explains the position and importance of culture and structure in the Islamic Republic system, and pointed out, “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, with his accurate understanding of the position and importance of culture, demanded the revolutionary reconstruction of the country’s cultural structure. This demand arose from a social necessity, the realization of which requires a sense of responsibility and a different movement than before”.
The President added, “Every revolutionary movement, as stated by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, relies on rationality and wisdom in its heart”.
He said, “The realization of this reconstruction requires a revolutionary outlook with emphasis on the principles and foundations of the Islamic revolution, which Imam Khomeini (RA) and the Supreme Leader presented and explained, and our martyrs have established these principles and foundations with their blood”.
Raisi added, “In the path of realizing this reconstruction of cultural structures, it is not necessary to redo all the work, including in the field of research, because many research and pathological works have been done in many cultural centers, which should be taken into consideration and the same work should continue”.
The President stated, “In this path, we have a huge system of cultural views of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution at our disposal, which we must use to draw the current situation and the desired situation and take advantage of the solutions to close the gap between these two”.
Raisi stated, “It is very important to be able to eliminate inconsistencies and interferences and, although to a small extent, and sometimes reduce conflicts as much as possible”.
The President stated that today and in the era of virtual space, new requirements must be carefully considered and taken into account, and pointed out, “The inclusion of new requirements in cultural reconstruction must happen with the participation of people, especially the young”.
He added, “Progressing things in the field of culture cannot be done only with directives and instructions, and it requires persuasion and removal of possible doubts, because when people are persuaded in this field, the decisions will be institutionalized and their implementation will be guaranteed in some way”.
Ayatollah Raisi emphasised the need for cultural decisions to have persuasive, media and cultural attachments and added, “Even when decisions are made in the cultural field, their implementation needs cultural attachments because these attachments will guarantee a deeper impact of these decisions”.
Raisi stated, “Another necessity for success in the reconstruction of the cultural structure is to determine precise and clear ratios between official and unofficial institutions in the field of culture and education”.
The President also emphasized the necessity of revising the existing laws in accordance with the evolution of the structures and added, “This importance, which was also emphasized by the Supreme Leader of the Revolution in the field of revising the laws, should be taken into consideration”.
Ayatollah Raisi noted, “Development of media literacy and, more precisely, virtual literacy for all people and pillars of society is another necessity that should be taken into consideration”.
The President said, “The Supreme Leader of the Revolution has always emphasised on the great capacity of women to play a social role. It is also necessary to become more active in radio and television, which has a great responsibility in this field”.
He added that the organization of cultural interaction patterns is another important necessity in the field of realizing the transformation of the country’s cultural structure and added, “Just as in the field of diplomacy we emphasize on expanding relations with friendly countries and standing against hostile countries, in the cultural field we must also interact with the cultures of other countries”.
The President stated, “In the current storm in the field of cyber and cognitive warfare today, a country that relies on rich cultural foundations has no worries and is not harmed. If we rely on our rich cultural foundations, we will not be afraid of machine development and technological progress”.
He noted, “The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution provided the necessary guidelines, and I, as a seminary student, tell you as the officials of different departments, that you are obliged to follow these guidelines with a sense of serious responsibility”.
At the end of his speech, Ayatollah Raisi stated that periodic and regular reports on the extent of the revolutionary transformation of the country’s cultural structures can keep this huge project up to date and map the future path more precisely.
