Contemplate the most minute global political developments and offer your insights

It is my heartfelt wish for our younger generation—be they university students, school pupils, or young women and men—to reflect upon even the most subtle international political events and formulate their own analyses. Should your conclusions be flawed, let it be; it matters not. Woe to those forces that have labored, and continue to do so, to strip our youth and academic institutions of their political vitality. A nation whose youth are indifferent to politics, detached from global affairs, and devoid of analytical depth can never expect to advance, resist, or strive upon the strength of its own people. Such a state only serves the interests of autocrats. Indeed, tyrannical regimes thrive when their citizens are kept politically unaware, lacking the discernment and consciousness necessary to challenge the status quo.
 Statements by the Martyred Leader of the Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, in a meeting with students - November 3, 1993

Translated by Mahdiye Noori