Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said Wednesday that maintaining the independence is costly for a country, adding it is a duty to stand up against the oppressor and defend the oppressed.
During the opening ceremony of an exhibition of knowledge-based firms at the AEOI complex, Salehi hailed Iran’s vast human resources, saying that no country in the West Asian region can match Iran in terms of enjoying such educated and wise youths.
The Iranian nuclear chief meanwhile, said Iran has faced obstacles on the way to reach growth and development due to values and concepts it holds to as well as its political and international approach.
“Maintaining independence counts for the Islamic Republic very much, stressing that through idealism and making sacrifices Iran can reach a higher position in comparison to other countries,” Mehr news agency quoted Salehi as saying.
The Iranian nuclear chief further stressed Iran is not a materialist country rather it is an idealist one that is different from other countries in that regard.
He called on the knowledge-based countries to intensify their efforts to serve their own country by providing new ideas.
Source: Iranian media
