KARACHI, Feb 18: The outgoing Iranian consul-general in Karachi, Syed Moosa Hussaini, on Saturday said his country wanted only its right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and for that the whole nation was prepared to go through all sorts of difficulties with patience.
“We want nuclear technology to produce 20,000MW energy in the coming 20 years. We are member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and have given all sorts of assurances to the West, yet they decline to allow us to go with our peaceful programme,” said Mr Hussaini while speaking at a programme organised by the Cultural Centre of Iran – Khana-i-Farhang on its premises.
The programme titled `The importance of teaching and learning according to Imam Khomeini’ was organized on the 28th birth anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
Mr Hussaini said the Iranian revolution was an important incident for the Muslims, which was continuation of the great sacrifices rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain , his family and companions in Karbala.
“This revolution has an effect on other countries and other schools of thought and it proved a success because the revolution became a continued process inspired by Imam Khomeini’s guidelines and education,” he said.
He said education could do nothing if it was not properly guided through effective training as Imam Khomeini did after Iran got rid of the Shah and became a centre for the whole Muslim Ummah.
He said the Iranians were confronted with various problems – both internal and external – but the revolution created self-confidence among the people of Iran.
The provincial minister for planning and development, Shoaib Bokhari, said the Iranian revolution was brought about by the people and not by the armed forces as it happened in the Soviet Union.
“It was Imam Khomeini’s training which emboldened the people of Iran to challenge the United States,” he said.
Hujjatul Islam Haj Aqa Abul Fazal Bahauddini, special representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei, said the revolution occurred in Iran but it was not merely for the people of Iran but for the whole Ummah.
“We have to render sacrifices and face hardships for Islam and our rightful struggle,” he said.
Dr Mohammad Mehdi Tavasoli, director-general of Khana-i-Farhang, referred to Imam Khomeini’s saying that teaching and learning in the Islamic universities was the divine service because both the teachers and students in such institutions were devoted to their duties of teaching and learning to gain the pleasure of Almighty Allah.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Syed Rashid Ahad, Dr Pervez Shafi, Mir Nawaz Khan Marwat, Dr Amjad Bokhari and Shaikh Mohammad Hasan Salahuddin.
