According to President Rouhani, this issue is covered in Article 59 of the Iranian Constitution. He added that, according to this Article MPs of the Iranian Parliament can decide for an issue to be put to a referendum.

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“Let no one say that they participate in the voting and give their votes but the problems are not solved. It is true, that problems are not completely resolved, but we can take a new action at every step. It is necessary to make use of the potential of the Constitution,” he said.

He went on to say that ‘Dialogue Among Civilizations’, an Iranian proposal adopted by the UN back in 2001, is the intellectual and theoretical gift of the Iranian nation to the world.

The president made the remark on Sunday evening in a cordial meeting with a number of students and the younger generation.

He said no other country but Iran has been able to lift seven dangerous UN resolutions in just one day.

He also hailed Iran’s accomplishments in the United Nations, noting the ratification of two Iranian proposals at the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming consensus.

“Not even the enemies of the Iranian nation dared to oppose the ratification of these two proposals,” he said.

Rouhani was referring to the ‘Dialogue Among Civilizations’ resolution, which was proposed by Iran in 1998 and adopted by the UN in 2001, as well as the ‘World against Violence and Extremism’, which was proposed by President Rouhani at a general assembly in December 2013, resulting in a call for all nations across the globe to denounce violence and extremism.

Rouhani further noted the Iranian poem ‘Bani Adam’ by 13th century Persian poet Sa’adi, which decorates the gate of the United Nations building entrance, saying the Iranian nation knows the UN by this poem, which calls for the breaking of all barriers and promotes unity and solidarity among all human beings on earth.

He continued, “95,000 damaged houses in quake-hit areas were reconstructed within only 14 months,” adding, “The recent floods were managed with the least fatalities and the most amount of prevention”.

“Youth NGOs have increased to 2600 from 100 in this government. NGOs had a great role in helping the flood-hit people,” he continued, saying, “The pouring of the floods into Lake Urmia was the result of previous planning and dredging. Dams played the main role in harnessing 70 billion cubic metres of water”.

Dr. Rouhani added, “We supported 4400 knowledge enterprises, which created jobs and 60 trillion tomans of turnover,” saying that in recent years, 70,000 jobs were generated in the tourism sector.

“In this government, all villages that had over 10 families were provided with electricity, and 3000 villages were connected to the nationwide gas system every year,” continued Rouhani.

Stating that, “connecting to the cyberspace created a great development in villages,” he said, “At the beginning of this government’s term of office, farmers used to sell 4 million tons of wheat, but today, they are selling 13 million”.

President Rouhani added, “Today, the government approved a bill to support start-ups and technology-related businesses and enterprises, and this is very good news for the young generation”.

Emphasizing that, “There is no power higher than our nation and the young generation,” the President said that the best way for quicker development is empathy”.

“The presence of the young generation and attempting to tap the unused potentials of the Constitution is the way to resolve the issues,” he continued.

Dr. Rouhani also said, “Our brave people and young generation are the potentials of the Constitution to resolve all problems”.