Ahmadinejad-TV Address
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Monday night in a live TV address, "Iran is land of blossoming talents and might and current trend of country's advancement and development does not match this land's material and human resources."
Addressing the Iranian nation and reporting on the economic reforms within the government's plans, he said, "Taking a look at Iran's economic outlook during the past 40 to 50 years would attract our attention towards two differing, and rather contrasting phenomena."
The President reiterated, "The country we had after the victory of the Islamic Revolution was a left behind land, which had not achieved its deserved status in any of the sectors, and Iran's scientific, economic, agricultural and technological fields were entirely segregated, with no bright horizons at sight for the country." Pointing out that after the victory of the Islamic Revolution great developments have occurred throughout Iran, President Ahmadinejad said, "The services rendered to the nation during the course of the past 29 years have been unique."
He reiterated, "Of course there have been periods in the history of this country when broad construction works took place and the country's cultural heritage is proof for the existence of those eras." Ahmadinejad referred to the advancement of Iran during the reign of Safavid Dynasty, arguing, "During the Safavid era, too, many services were rendered to the Iranians, including setting the foundations of a systematic economy, road construction, improving the living standards at villages, keeping in mind that the government's role in people's lives was minute then, and restricted to safeguarding national security and the nation's solidarity."
The President emphasized, "After the revolution developments took place at various fields, such as in industrial, scientific, technological, and agricultural fields -- all of which were on the verge of total annihilation -- that were unprecedented, so that our agricultural sector has a backbone now and is able of presenting services to the nation despite having suffered from many years of draught."
Ahmadinejad added, "Today we are at the peak of success in many branches of scientific and technological activities and in modern technologies, such as nuclear and nano technologies, as well as the aerospace technology we have reached noticeable advancement, so that we have sent to space our explorer spaceships and their related satellite, too, is ready to be launched."
The president referred to the unprecedented advancement of the country in rural and suburban development, dam construction, port construction, oil industries and other infrastructure activities, arguing, "Unfortunately, despite all such advancement, we feel that the current status quo is not truly reflective of the Iranian nation material capabilities and this land's human talents."
Ahmadinejad emphasized, "The output of the conducted works and the investments made is not befitting for the Iranian nation and we notice certain deficiencies in the general status our our country's economic apparatus.

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