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Article 3: In order to achieve the objectives mentioned in Article 2, the Islamic Republic government of Iran is obliged to use all of its resources in the following areas: 1. the creation of an apt environment for the development of ethical values based on faith, piety, and the struggle against all manifestations of corruption and decadence; 2. the increasing of public awareness in all areas through the correct use of the press, mass media, and other means; 3. free academic and physical education, at all levels for everyone; the facilitation and extension of higher education; 4. the fostering of a spirit of research, innovation, and originality in all areas of scientific, technological, cultural, and Islamic fields through the establishment of research centers and the encouragement of researchers; 5. the complete rejection of colonialism and the prevention of foreign influence; 6. the eradication of all kinds of tyranny, autocracy, and monopolization of power; 7. the securing of political and social freedoms within the limits of law; 7 8. the participation of the general public in determining its own political, economic, social, and cultural destiny; 9. the elimination of all unjust forms of discrimination and the creation of just opportunities for everyone, in all spiritual and material areas; 10. the establishment of a correct administrative system and the elimination of unnecessary institutions; 11. the complete strengthening of the national defense, through universal military training, with the aim of securing the country’s independence, its territorial integrity, and its Islamic system; 12. the planning of a correct economic system according to Islamic measures in order to create prosperity and eliminate poverty; the removal of all forms of depravation in the areas of nutrition, housing, labor, and health; and the expansion of insurance; 13. the securing of self-sufficiency in sciences, technology, industry, agriculture, military affairs and other such matters; 14. the securing of all-inclusive rights for everyone, man and woman, and the creation of judicial security for everyone, equality for all before the law; 15. the cultivation and strengthening of Islamic brotherhood and general cooperation among the people; 16. the organization of the nation’s foreign policy based on Islamic criteria, fraternal commitment to all Muslims, and unrestrained support for the impoverished people of the world.