Iran’s Khamenei Warns Against Complacency Amid Rial Anger
- Warns government officials against neglect and arrogance
- Khamenei says economic pressures being used to divide people
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned government officials not be lazy or take their posts for granted as President Hassan Rouhani’s government tries to contain mounting public anger over his management of a currency crisis.
“Officials should be careful to avoid neglect, laziness, pomposity, arrogance towards the people or relying on positions of leadership that can last for days,” Khamenei said in a speech at a military academy, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.