The Iranian nation, during these forty-odd years, has been patient…
“The Iranian nation, during these forty-odd years, has been patient, has put forth an effort, all the arrogant powers of the world have lined up against it, have tried and worked against it, but the Iranian nation has not only not been hit, [but] it has progressed, has advanced, has grown. The Iran of today is not the Iran of forty years ago; we have grown in all directions.”
