Leader of the Islamic Revolution:
Iran Will Not Submit to Subversive Conventions
TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here Wednesday that Iran would not submit to the conventions that undermine the nation’s independence.
The Leader touched on global agreements purportedly aimed at fighting terrorism and money laundering, saying the signatories of those conventions have had no role in creating them.
"The global powers prepare these conventions based on their own interests and benefits and then their submissive and compliant allies enact them in their countries,” Ayatollah Khamenei told a group of lawmakers here.
"When an independent state like the Islamic Republic of Iran rejects them, it is reproached by those who say, ‘150 countries have accepted the agreements, why wouldn’t you accept it?” he said.
"Of course some of the provisions of international conventions may be good but there's no need to join these conventions, citing these provisions," the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran’s parliament is "mature and wise", adding lawmakers must independently make legislation on issues such as terrorism or combating money laundering.
"The solution is that the Islamic Consultative Assembly itself enacts these articles as laws. For instance, a law for combating money laundering or a law for combating terrorism can be enacted.”
Ayatollah Khamenei cautioned against signing up to "things when we don’t know their eventual consequences, while we know the potential problems, for the sake of some positive aspects."
Earlier this month, Iran's parliament voted to suspend discussion of joining the UN Terrorism Financing Convention for two months, as Tehran waits to see whether its nuclear deal with world powers survives after the U.S. pulled out of the landmark accord.
The Leader said Iran currently needs to strengthen the internal structure of the nation and the Islamic Republic’s pillars.
"You see who your enemies are and how cruelly they stand against, not only the Iranian nation, but the whole humanity.”
Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the Trump administration's separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Seeing the images of the crime of separating thousands of children from their mothers in America makes a person exasperated," he said. "But the Americans separate the children from the immigrant parents with complete maliciousness."
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Trump administration's child detention centers are a serious issue.
"One cannot watch with a sound state of mind these children crying on TV. How can they commit such a crime of separating children from their mothers for the excuse of implementing some policy? This shows how evil they really are."
"They are the same people who gathered a number of big states to confront the Yemeni people, to take the only port, the only passage for the oppressed Yemeni people” to receive humanitarian aid, the Leader said, referring to a Saudi-led offensive on the Mediterranean port of Hudaydah with U.S. and UK support.
"They kill people without any compunction. This shows how cruel they are," he added.
The Leader touched on global agreements purportedly aimed at fighting terrorism and money laundering, saying the signatories of those conventions have had no role in creating them.
"The global powers prepare these conventions based on their own interests and benefits and then their submissive and compliant allies enact them in their countries,” Ayatollah Khamenei told a group of lawmakers here.
"When an independent state like the Islamic Republic of Iran rejects them, it is reproached by those who say, ‘150 countries have accepted the agreements, why wouldn’t you accept it?” he said.
"Of course some of the provisions of international conventions may be good but there's no need to join these conventions, citing these provisions," the Leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran’s parliament is "mature and wise", adding lawmakers must independently make legislation on issues such as terrorism or combating money laundering.
"The solution is that the Islamic Consultative Assembly itself enacts these articles as laws. For instance, a law for combating money laundering or a law for combating terrorism can be enacted.”
Ayatollah Khamenei cautioned against signing up to "things when we don’t know their eventual consequences, while we know the potential problems, for the sake of some positive aspects."
Earlier this month, Iran's parliament voted to suspend discussion of joining the UN Terrorism Financing Convention for two months, as Tehran waits to see whether its nuclear deal with world powers survives after the U.S. pulled out of the landmark accord.
The Leader said Iran currently needs to strengthen the internal structure of the nation and the Islamic Republic’s pillars.
"You see who your enemies are and how cruelly they stand against, not only the Iranian nation, but the whole humanity.”
Ayatollah Khamenei criticized the Trump administration's separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"Seeing the images of the crime of separating thousands of children from their mothers in America makes a person exasperated," he said. "But the Americans separate the children from the immigrant parents with complete maliciousness."
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Trump administration's child detention centers are a serious issue.
"One cannot watch with a sound state of mind these children crying on TV. How can they commit such a crime of separating children from their mothers for the excuse of implementing some policy? This shows how evil they really are."
"They are the same people who gathered a number of big states to confront the Yemeni people, to take the only port, the only passage for the oppressed Yemeni people” to receive humanitarian aid, the Leader said, referring to a Saudi-led offensive on the Mediterranean port of Hudaydah with U.S. and UK support.
"They kill people without any compunction. This shows how cruel they are," he added.