SupremeLeader: Officials` efficiency criteria for their legitimacy

Tehran, Sept 21, IRNA - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with members of the Assembly of Experts referred to the efficiency of officials in fulfilling their tasks as a criteria for their legitimacy and reiterated the need to take action towards achieving the set goals.

Felicitating members of the Assembly of Experts on the festivities of the auspicious lunar month of Sha`ban marking birth anniversaries of three Shi`ite Imams, he said that the objectives, principles and values of the Islamic ruling system are divine.
"Meanwhile the policies developed by the system are material, vulnerable and subject to mistake. Therefore the officials should notice their mistakes, learn a lesson from their own as well as those committed by others and revise the related policies," he added.
Criticizing those who mix up the objectives and policies, the Supreme Leader dismissed the approach of some officials who keep revising their goals as reform.
Turning to the propaganda launched by the media of the powers seeking hegemony on the need for reform in Iran, he said, "Corruption is what they have in view, not reform, given that the colonial powers actually wish the Islamic Republic to revise its principles and values to secure their own interests in Iran.
Urging the officials to enhance their efficiency, he said that their efficiency depends on the fulfillment of their tasks defined by the Constitution.
"No official is expected to work a miracle, but their performance should prove their efficiency and success in fulfilling their related tasks," he added.
Attributing the hostile approach of the world powers seeking hegemony towards the Islamic Republic to its serving as a model in the world of Islam, he said that while they keep making threats against Iran on the pretext of its nuclear program and Enrichment process, the truth is that the Islamic system has managed to introduce a logical model based on the human needs.
"Thus it has managed to prove to Muslim nations that a system based on Islamic principles is practical. Besides, in view of its daily progress in various political, cultural, scientific, social and economic fields it has attracted the attention of the educational elite, youth and the world Muslims," he added.
Prior to the Supreme Leader`s speech, the Speaker of the Assembly of Experts Ayatollah Ali Meshkini briefed the audience on the need to promote spirituality and establishing close relationship with the Almighty God.