{"id":331373,"date":"2025-05-10T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T19:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=331373"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:35:00","slug":"khamenei-touts-worker-loyalty-warns-against-enemy-plots-in-labor-day-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/khamenei-touts-worker-loyalty-warns-against-enemy-plots-in-labor-day-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Touts Worker Loyalty, Warns Against \u201cEnemy Plots\u201d in Labor Day Address"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks to a state-organized audience presented as workers, during a Labor Week event in Tehran, May 10, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On May 10, in a nationally televised address to a state-organized audience presented as workers for Iran\u2019s Labor Week, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei extolled laborers as \u201cthe most important investment in production\u201d and warned against \u201cenemy plots\u201d to drive a wedge between the working class and the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

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But his silence on the fourth round of nuclear negotiations underway in Muscat was as pointed as his rhetoric, reflecting a deliberate strategy to shift attention away from rising diplomatic tensions and toward symbolic displays of internal unity. This comes just days after senior U.S. officials called for the dismantling of Iran\u2019s key enrichment sites\u2014an escalation that highlights mounting pressure on Tehran. Khamenei\u2019s avoidance reveals concern over collapsing morale and possible infighting within the regime over the political cost and consequences of these talks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

\u201cThe enemies of nations, including the enemies of the Islamic Republic, have sought from the beginning to separate workers from the revolution and create discontent,\u201d Khamenei said<\/a>, framing worker loyalty as a bulwark against foreign subversion. He pointed to \u201cearly communist attempts to halt production after the revolution\u201d and claimed that workers \u201cstood firm and punched them in the mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the speech, Khamenei blended praise for workers\u2019 role in Iran\u2019s economy<\/a> with ideological messaging aimed at reinforcing loyalty to the regime. He called work \u201cthe main pillar of human life,\u201d asserting that \u201cwithout workers, nothing moves forward.\u201d While acknowledging problems in Iran\u2019s industrial sector, he stressed that solutions lie within the system rather than in external criticism.<\/p>\n

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