Cleric calls for helping gov. in implementing economic plans

Speaking during this weak's Friday Prayers in the Iranian capital of Tehran, the interim leader of the prayers Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that "The people are the owners of the government and the officials are their servants. The officials are the servants for the people."

He said that the clergymen have emerged among the people and they serve the interests of the people.

"Your suffering is our suffering. We are well aware of your problems," Ayatollah Khatami addressed the ordinary people who have witnessed higher prices of some food items as a result of the new subsidies chem carried out by President Ebrahim Raieis's administration over the past few days.

He pointed out the government is helping the needy people financially by helping the people amid the rising prices of a few certain food items.

The senior cleric said that the deprived and the needy people were the ones who made the revolution happen, calling on the government to pay attention to their problems more than before.