He said it was necess­ary to apolog­ise to God and the people of Iran for this failur­eTEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that progress was needed in “the field of justice”, acknowledging widespread criticism of the system in recent weeks. “Progress has happened in various fields… but in the field of justice we acknowledge that we have lagged behind,” Khamenei said in a speech in Tehran, which was published on his website. He said it was necessary to apologise to God and the people of Iran for this failure. Khamenei was marking the 40th anniversary of an uprising in the city of Tabriz that was a key moment leading up to the 1979 Islamic revolution. “Of course people have criticisms of some current issues in the country and we are fully informed about complaints,” Khamenei said.

Source: The Express Tribune February 18, 2018 14:03 UTC