The 13th session of the 83rd round of Congress 60 workshops in the Academy branch of Congress 60 was administered on January 15th, 2025 at 10 a.m. by Mr. Hossein Dezhakam as the Guardian and Ms. Fariba as the secretary. The agenda was “The 12th Valley and its Effect on me”.
Mr. Dezhakam’s speech: Hello friends, I am Hossein, a traveller. I hope all of you are keeping well. I am also doing well, thank God. Today is the 26th of January, 2025, and the time is 10:13 AM. We are in the Academy branch of Congress 60 in Tehran. The agenda today is the Twelfth Valley: “In the end, the first order is executed”.
If we don’t explain it to someone, it’s hard for them to understand what is being discussed, unless those who have worked on the valleys and since Congress 60 members are aware of it and follow the steps, [it is easy for them]. The laws mentioned in the Valleys are all divine laws, and divine laws are the laws of Existence. Divine laws and the laws of Existence are identical. In fact, they are one. If you see something that is claimed to be a divine law but contradicts logic, you should understand that it is none sense. Divine laws are fully in harmony with the laws of Existence, and you will not find anything contrary to reality [the laws of Existence] in the holy Quran.
The issue here is that if you look at an angel with a negative view, you might find faults in it. On the other hand, if you look at a negative situation, you might still find positive aspects. Sometimes, the whole world is supporting a perspective, which is essentially illusion. It is only our own imagination and perception, [not the true knowledge]. Therefore, it is important to remember that the first order is always executed in the end. Whatever you decide to do now will eventually lead to a conclusion. If you want to cure your addiction, you start the process and eventually reach a result. Using the DST method will bring you to the result easily, while just God knows when other methods result in liberation from addiction.
Today, we have the champions of the archery team of Congress 60 with us. After several years, they were finally allowed to participate in competitions. They were given the opportunity to rebuild themselves, and I entrusted the responsibility to Amin. Amin worked with them for a while, and fortunately, they reached great results. I will talk about them later in more detail.
I will mention an issue regarding the Jones’s Legions [healthy nutrition and weight loss legions]. Well, the Jones’s guides haven't taken the test yet and they haven't been approved, but there are some very important points here. One is that the Jones’s Legion only accepts people who have more than 15 kg of extra weight. The Jones’s Legion is for people who have 30 kg, 40 kg, or 50 kg of extra weight, not for those who have 8 kg extra weight. Those with 8 kg can run their own programs and learn about proper eating habits [by transcribing and understanding the educational CDs of Overweight and Body Construction]. They can manage their weight themselves. Therefore, no one with less than 15 kg of extra weight should be accepted into the Jones’s Legion. Their weight must be higher in order to be accepted.
Now, for those who join the Jones’s Legion, if they haven't lost any weight within 3 months, they will be expelled from the Legion. The guide is obliged and forced to not allow them to continue in the Legion. When they are not allowed to continue, they are referred to the Merzabans (Border Guards), who will write the person’s name and mention that they were in the Jones’s Legion for three months but did not lose any weight. These individuals will not be allowed to join the Legion again for 3 years. It's not allowed that a person enters the Jones’s Legion, makes excuses for themselves, doesn't follow the program, and finally doesn't achieve results. All members of the Jones’s Legion have lose weight within the first three months, or else they will be immediately removed from the Legion and reported to Marzabani, who will make sure they cannot join the Legion again for 3 years.
There's also an issue, especially among women. A female guide in the Jones’s Legion might accept, for example, 20 students who each have 20 kg of extra weight. If one of them loses 7 kg, they may stop coming to the Legion, saying, "My husband said I look fine now, and I don't need to lose more weight." We don't accept such excuses. If someone joins the Jones’s Legion, they must go through the entire process and reach their goal. If they don't, their name is registered by the guide and given to Marzabani, and they are not allowed to take any responsibilities in Congress 60 like being a guide, guide assistant, or guardian. No service will be done by them because when someone joins the Jones Legion, they must go all the way to the end and achieve results.
You know the Kennedy family were Democrats in America. You know, Republicans and Democrats are two political groups in the U.S. Now, one of the Kennedy family members, whose name if I remember correctly is Robert, F, Kennedy has joined the Republican Legion and became a supporter of Trump. This person likely holds an important position, perhaps in the Ministry of Health, and is very radical, he is seriously questioning the pharmaceutical factories and the medical system, asking, "What have you done with the budgets you've spent so far, and what results have you achieved?" This is a reasonable question. As one of the Congress 60 members, Ali Ashkezari said: "NIDA, the National Institute on Drug Abuse in the U.S., which is led by Ms. Nora Volkow, receives around two or three billion dollars a year for its expenses, or maybe more—I don't know exactly how much. Ali always said, 'I visited their website and you'll see that after six months, nothing has changed on their website. Everything is the same as it was before. But if you don't check the Congress 60’s website for two days, you'll see its content is totally different from whatever you had seen two days ago. If you don't check Instagram for two days, you'll see all its content has changed within two days.
Listen carefully, I'm talking about something serious. It has been declared that there are three problems in the United States that specialists and scientists haven't been able to solve with all the budget expenditures in billion-dollar institutes. One of these problems is addiction, and in Congress 60, we've easily solved it, just as a piece of pie. You saw that in Congress 60, last year in the Gregorian year, there were over 10,000 people liberated from addiction, and this year in the Iranian year, it's 7,703, and by the end of the year, it will reach 10,000. I have defined cure this way: if we treat heroin addict, after his liberation from addiction, if the person is sent to a heroin laboratory, this person must work there without consuming it, without temptations or cravings to use it again. Similarly, an opium addict after being liberated from addiction must be able to work in the opium fields but doesn't consume it. I always say this, and I also said this when I gave a speech at the Association of Social Workers, as a social worker. There, I mentioned that I don't know anyone who knows how to know the problem of addiction properly. That's one of the points.
What is the second problem in America? (the audience say, cancer.) Mr. Dezhakam responds, No, it's obesity. The second issue in the U.S. is obesity, and they haven’t been able to do anything about it. I had sent some clips to a friend of mine, in the clips, there were people who had lost 40 kilograms, but after losing 60 kilograms, his skin was all hanging. The skin on his entire body was sagging. When you look at it, it’s disgusting—it makes you feel sick. For example, this is their "masterpiece." They had 60 kilograms of extra weight, now they’re lifting dumbbells, doing cardio, exercising. Now they show it as a role model, but the skin on their body is really terrifying. The breasts have completely sagged, the flanks have dropped down, the abdomen is hanging, and when you look at it, you get sick. The arms are sagging as well—it's a horrible sight. And they take this person to anywhere to show they have lost weight, beside them, a very beautiful woman is standing, proud that she has helped them losing weight. This is the common case in the world.
But now, consider our own cases. One of the Congress 60 members who might be present in the meeting now, told me, I have lost 40 kilograms [using Congress 60’s method and Jones’s legion], and I told him if you give me 1 kilogram of gold, it wouldn't be enough because I’ve put the path before you so easily.
Is there a better way for weight loss? Is there any easy way like [the way, I invented to lose weight]? In fact, I didn’t tell you to follow a strict diet or avoid certain foods. I just taught you how to eat properly." So, you can testify that we have solved obesity as well, right? And we see examples of it every day. And when people reach recovery through this method, they rarely relapse. It’s very rare. It's just like the DST method. We’ve solved this problem [obesity] too. So now, when you want to join the Jones’s Legion, understand that this is a global problem. Billions of dollars have been spent trying to solve it, and they couldn't. But we've solved it here. So, don't take this lightly, don't play around. Don't join the Legion and mess it up and then say, "My husband said it's fine now" [do not quit the legion after a while]; and after three months, do not say, "I haven’t lost weight, I haven’t followed the program regularly." So, the strict rules in the Jones’s Legion are for a reason. From now on, everything will be done in an organized and disciplined way. A person cannot enter both the Jones’s Legion and William White’s [cigarettes] Legion, they can’t be in both because they can't lose weight, be in the Jones’s Legion, and solve their addiction to substances. It's difficult, and they can't do it. But if there’s an exceptional case, like someone who wants to be both in the William’s legion and DST programs and wants to lose weight, they must come to me for permission. This issue was a global problem, and they couldn’t solve it, but we solved it here in our country, Iran.
The third problem is alcohol, which is addiction as well. We can consider cigarette smoking as addiction too, and cancer. So, what’s the third issue in the U.S. that’s been unresolved, despite billions billion dollars being spent? Cancer. They truly haven’t solved it. And Robert F. Kennedy is seriously concerned with these problems and is criticising the medical system in the U.S., asking what your medical system has solved over all these years. Well, we solved obesity easily, there’s no problem here and we’re not dealing with the medical ethics committee for curing obesity. Addiction has been dealt with successfully, and we do our job. As for cancer, we’re conducting different experiments on it, we have samples, but we can't do any medical interference in it [because I am not a doctor].
We are not doctors, but we found the way. However, we are not allowed to perform the method we found because we can't do it. I always say, "What's the difference between fortune tellers and witches and ordinary people?" The difference is that these fortune tellers and witches, who are in this business, can tell a hundred lies, and it doesn’t matter, but if they tell one truth, everyone believes them. They can tell a hundred lies, and if they say one truth, everyone believes them. But ordinary people, if they say a hundred truths and one lie, people make a big deal out of it, when it comes to an ordinary person, they change their mind. That’s why we can't enter this field, because if we did, they may make a big deal out of it, but the doctors are trained professionals, they went through medical school. That is why we can’t enter this field; everything needs to be thoroughly examined from every perspective. So, in my opinion and from the perspective of Congress 60, the third problem, cancer, has been solved. We have the scientific articles, and they keep coming out. Then, what is the third unsolved issue in the U.S.? It's cancer. This problem is worldwide and it remains unsolved, whereas we have reached a complete solution.
And one more thing—what I’m saying here is not political, I’m not concerned with politics, but I am giving examples of how things work. In the Corona pandemic, Trump asked if there is something so that as we eat it, it will kill the germs. But they made a joke about it. However, we solved it, we ate something [D-sap], and it killed the virus. But as Trump proposed it, they scoffed at him saying ok you can eat Savlon antiseptic cream, alcohol, soap, and other things, and the medical world mocked him. But the poor man was right. Even though he's a stubborn and sick person, what he said was correct. During the COVID season, we consumed a disinfectant, D-sap, and we used its vapour and it killed the virus.
So, these are the points I’m making—these are things we need to know. We should understand where we stand scientifically, and where scientific communities are at. They are making tiny, tiny steps to realize [that Congress 60 has solved the three problems of addiction, obesity and cancer].
Therefore, those who are in the Jones’s legions should be completely aware of this matter. They should take it seriously because we all need to be role models when it comes to health. What should we be? Role models. The 12th valley is dynamically teaching us this, it says that whatever you want to do, you won't reach the result immediately. Sometimes we want to reach a result the same day, and the greatest example of this is addiction. Yesterday, someone was using drugs, and now they want to reach a result instantly. Whenever we want to achieve a result suddenly, we shock the system and cause a problem. We wanted to do something... I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but we were thinking of making mice addicted to heroin as an experiment. When they become addicted, at least 90 out of 200 mice die, half of them die, I wondered how our scientists think. I really want to understand, if I put myself in their shoes, how is it that such a simple issue is sometimes hard to solve [for them]? So you bring 200 mice, you want to make them addicted to heroin, and 100 of them die! They have been doing this for years, or they make them drink alcohol and they die, they get cancer and they die. They want to conduct experiments, but it leads to their death.
When they want to make the mice addict, from the very first day, they inject a high dose of heroin into the mice, or on the first day, they gave the mice a high dose of alcohol. Which heroin addict would come and inject five grams of heroin? Which alcohol drinker would come and drink a whole bottle of strong alcohol like "whisky" or a bottle of vodka on the first day? Which person who has never drunk alcohol would do such a thing? Which common person who hasn't ever smoked cannabis would be able to smoke five joints [cannabis cigarettes] at once? Or which heroin addict could take 5 grams of heroin on the first day? So when you want to make the mice addicted to heroin, you inject them with a dose from the first day, and every day until the last day, half of them die before they get addicted. No one thinks, "Hey, these mice overdosed." They overdosed! What is the way to prevent this? The scientist have to start with a lower dose, so they get used to it and don't die, then gradually increase the dose. This is the same situation that happens when someone wants to achieve something. In the end, the initial goal will be reached, but they want it immediately with a high dose, which creates a crisis. This holds true for all the situations, or now with the upcoming Nowruz holiday, some people want to lose weight, there is a saying in Persian "If a fool doesn't go to the market, the market will collapse”. Now, some people are going for weight loss, and they are 20 or 60 kg overweight. They say, "Doctor, I want you to make me slim before the New Year, so I can be slim at the table of Haft-Sin." The doctor willingly says, "Very well, here you go". They want to lose weight instantly. They either end up cutting their stomach or shortening their intestines, or they do something else, because they want immediate results. This Valley teaches us that we must have patience and endurance at all levels. Whatever we want to do, we should do it according to time. Always look to nature for guidance. Take your role models from nature. Do you believe that I have learned many things from nature? I have learned many things from dogs. Can you believe it? I have learned many things from the dogs, can you believe it? Because I have 5 or 6 dogs in my garden, and I have learned a lot from them, from their way of life. You might ask, " Mr. Dezhakam, what have you learned from dogs?" I have to explain it to you.
Some of the things I've learned from the dogs may not seem good, but I'll explain because I have no choice. One thing was hiding food. Whenever I give the dogs bones, they hide the bones first before eating. Why did they hide them? To store them, in case they couldn't find food, they can eat the bones later. Obesity is similar to this. People who constantly deprive their bodies of food, thinking that skipping meals will make them lose weight; will end up gaining weight. They avoid eating breakfast for fear of gaining weight, therefore, their body reacts by storing everything, even if they eat snacks, the body will store it, because their body thinks it is being starved.
Another example—sorry, I’ve seen this in my garden, where I have 4 or 5 dogs. They are big dogs, and when they need to poop, it takes them less than 5 seconds. They lift a leg, poop, and move on. It's that easy. Why is it so easy? What can we learn from them? Why do the dogs raised at home often have constipation? European veterinarians have said that dog owners beg and encourage their dogs to poop: "Come on, hurry up, good job!" But the dogs in the garden are active, walking around and moving. The dogs raised at home, even though they are taken out for a walk, don't have the same amount of activity. So, one of the biggest problems for modern humans is constipation due to lack of exercise. Walking can easily solve this problem.
When I say I learn from dogs, it’s these little things that might seem insignificant, but when you pay close attention, you see the difference. People who walk for 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or even 20 minutes a day don't get constipated. Those who don't walk or move around are the ones with constipation. This is an extremely important point to which we have to pay attention.
Now, when we want to do something, we need to find the key, the right approach, and we have to wait for the result. There's no immediate solution.
One other issue is archery. I wanted to dissolve the archery group a few times, but Amin wouldn't let me. Otherwise, I would have disbanded it. Archery isn't just a private club or a recreational activity where we pick up some bows and arrows and take coaches for them only to be champions or play around. No, they have to be as disciplined as Congress 60. The archery members should be role models, so that we are proud of them in sports fields, and we can claim that in addition to curing addiction among drug abusers, their family members are highly capable in archery and rugby. These are two sports that require strength and focus.
Archery requires not just physical strength, but a very high level of concentration, and so does rugby. These sports need focus and concentration. If someone is participating in archery but doesn't attend workshops or transcribe their educational CDs, or has not selected a guide or isn't following the rules of Congress 60, they should be immediately removed from the archery group. All the members must do sports, build their body and work on their worldview and the authorities must be content with them. An Archery member of Congress 60 has to participate in the workshops and transcribe their CDs and take a guide, otherwise, they will be sacked. Those who only come to play archery but doesn't participate in workshops, or doesn’t have a guide, are not needed in Congress 60 and must be excluded from the group.
We must be the archery champion in the country competitions now, and we can be an archery champion in the country when Congress 60’s rules and discipline are fully implemented. If people just sit around telling stories, eating omelette and fried eggs, cracking jokes, and doing pointless things, these things all must be eliminated from Congress 60—if all Congress 60 members gather, family groups and men's groups gather, and [in the national competitions] no one even acknowledges their past as a drug consumer [if they do not assert that they have been once drug abusers and in Congress 60, they have been cured], they must be sacked.
We have harbingers, and our harbingers are our athletes. Some sports are purely domestic, and we don’t talk about them, like playing "Gol Ya Pooch" (an Iranian guessing game). But when we talk about harbingers, we mean leaders. Right now, our two leading teams are archery and rugby.
If someone enters the archery club of Congress 60; in the national games, they must assert that “We are a family of drug consumers,” we must acknowledge and say, “Yes, we are from Congress 60, which deals with addiction,” and they should proudly say, “Yes, I was once a drug abuser, but now, I do not consume drugs any longer. If they are ashamed to say we were once drug abusers’ family members, they are not allowed to come to the club. Now, it is not important to us to proclaim that once we were drug abusers. I shoot arrows much better [than before]. We do sports because we want to break these taboos, we want to show that we are working on addiction [we had been drug abusers, but our addiction has been resolved and cured and now we are taking part in sports like archery and rugby which consume lots of energy and need high concentration].
We are working on addiction, it’s not like a sports team like Zob Ahan [Isfahan’s steel industry football club] that has a football team — even though that too has its own purpose. But we are here for a different goal. We pay for the archery club, hire a coach, cover expenses, and take action, but the people coming here to learn archery should not take personal advantage for themselves. So, all men or women, from now on, they either do not join the sports club, or if they do, they must be without any faults.
Amin mentioned it very well. In 2014, we were the organizer of the archery event and our own club had 150 archers. We had many guests, and those who participated in the Congress 60 competitions still speak highly of it because, at that time, in all the competitions, they didn’t even receive any trivial things to eat, let alone food; however, we prepared breakfast for all the sportsmen: boiled eggs, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, Italian sausages, Canadian sausages, cream, orange juice — they had all this for several years and thought it was from Congress 60. But if they knew everything was provided by some people who were once addict, they had got a different viewpoint. The athletes could come to this conclusion that Congress 60 members were once addicts but now they are so powerful that they can provide such imperial breakfasts for everyone, however, in othre competitions, the athletes were not given a cold flask of water. This is our work, this is our message; otherwise, what would it all mean?
Anyway, I am happy, and I congratulate you, and I am satisfied with the effort you’ve made and the result you've reached. The women have a lot of discipline, organization, and order, and I hope the men also have their sports uniforms on. If not, it would be better if they didn’t come up [to receive their medals]. The women are very neat, organized, and well-dressed. I hope we can be a role model and achieve results. Now, please let the teams come up and explain their responsibilities, starting with the women. Okay, the women’s team and their leaders, please come up.
I would like the men’s clothes to be just as disciplined and neat as the women’s. Right now, men’s clothing looks more like rural clothing. Mr. Khormshahi, for instance, came up wearing jeans. That’s right, right? What is this style? Black underneath and white on top? Wear a neat and formal outfit, all of you should look alike and have the same style. Your pants, shoes, and clothes should match. You must be national champions. This is just for the warm-up, to encourage you all here.
What we expect from you is that you must definitely reach the national championship stage because you have all the resources and conditions for it. Therefore, it should be this way. The first step is that your clothes must be in proper form, and the CDs should be transcribed correctly. The guides must check your CDs and they should sign them. Take them and show them to the archery coach and the person in charge there. This must be done. The clothes should be neat and beautiful, make sure to do this.
Now, the champions should speak one by one to see what kind of achievements they can accomplish, and fortunately, after several years, we were able to earn a position in the province this year. Was it in the province? Yes, they were able to achieve a ranking in three categories. Now, I will tell Amin to come and explain because I have entrusted the responsibility of archery to him, and he has done the work, provided reports to me, and participated in the competitions. If Amin is here, he can come and explain about archery. Bring a chair. Go ahead, please.
Hello, friends, I am Amin, a member of Congress 60. Thank you very much, and I appreciate it. The success of the team is actually thanks to the members of the club and Congress 60, and I congratulate Mr. Engineer. Archery at Congress 60 has a long history. Initially, it was born alongside horseback riding, and it had good progress and a lot of success, especially until 1999.
Well, every progress usually involves ups and downs, which is natural. It rises, then it falls again, and this cyclical nature is a part of the growth process. At the peak, there will definitely be a valley. The so-called difficult times in archery were tough, but they were endured. During this period, one thing I want to briefly explain is that something happened that caused us to become weak in archery after the initial 6 or 7 years of success we had.
As humans, when we forget the reason for our presence in our journey, we slowly drift away from the center of the circle. As we move further from the center, we gradually lose the energy and force needed to keep moving. This is the reason why we need to remind ourselves of our purpose. The philosophy behind all sports in Congress 60 is to convey the message of liberation [from addiction] and health. The sport in Congress 60 is for our own health, for the longevity of our lives, and for the well-being of our bodies.
We participate in sports competitions because our presence there is a testament to the fact that once we were [drug] consumers, we were families of consumers, we were weak and in darkness. We came to Congress 60, where we applied the DST method and the correct approach, and we were healed.
Now, we have reached the point where we have the ability and strength to share this with others—to convey that a former substance user can stand tall, shoot arrows, and achieve the best scores. This is a clear testimony that shows how someone who has recovered can have the ability to succeed. However, for a period, we strayed from our goal. I saw in 2014 that no one knew we were former drug users, even though we were the hosts of the event in 2012-2014 with 150-160 archers. But no one realized we were former drug users because we didn't want them to know. If we wanted them to know, they would have. We tried to hide the fact that we were former drug users because we wanted to appear classy and have a good image.
In my opinion, this caused us to enter a dark period, and we needed to return to our essence—to share our story. Of course, this was a natural event, and during these years, a lot of effort was put into maintaining the club's situation. Mr. Hakimi [a Dideban of Congress 60] also worked hard to keep the club going. The club members themselves were very dedicated, they were the ones who put in the work. They were passionate about archery, and the success that was achieved was due to their efforts and presence. What was done more was that we tried to model and apply the principles of Congress 60 in the sport of archery. In a way, we are like branches of a tree, with Congress 60 being the tree itself—its treatment method. We [the sports clubs of Congress 60] are the branches, and the branches should not stray too far from the tree. The branch gets its strength and grows from the tree, so the connection must remain. We must model this in our sports and clubs.
Similarly, we use music in a logical way, whether in the representations or branches of Congress 60. If we implement the same order and principles, just like we achieved remarkable results in addiction cure, weight loss, and overcoming illnesses, we can achieve great results in these areas as well. I believe we have the potential, but we must not forget why we are doing this. If we keep that in mind—health and the message of liberation—we can achieve great results. Thank you.
Mr. Dezhakam: So we have reached a clear boundary here, where we say we belong to Congress 60. Mr. Dezhakam: Thank you, now wait here for two minutes while I speak. Some know, and some don't know [this story], but we used to train in Talahgani Park, where now there is the Legion of Doctors and a hall. It wasn't a hall before; it was surrounded by fence, like a studio. We used to play football there in the past. We had competitions there, and the Golden Eagle Competitions [of Congress 60] used to be held there. One day, we came in the morning and found that the place had been chained and locked. They told us we couldn’t enter anymore. We asked, "What’s the issue?" They said, “This place has become the property of the Archery Federation, and you can no longer come in.” Congress 60 members were very upset at that time. Back then, we were not as classy as we are now, they said, "We’ll break this place down, we’ll tear down the fences and the locks."
I said, "Don’t make a fuss, don’t cause a commotion, let me think for a week to find a solution." A week passed. They asked, "What should we do?" I said, "all of you register for archery." And that’s how archery started for Congress 60. At that time, there was no citizen to come for archery; Congress 60 members all registered for archery. Since in that field the competitions were supposed to be held, we didn’t have enough participants. I should mention that I’m an archery coach and referee myself. Amin is both a coach and a referee, and so is Ani [Mr. Dezhakam’s daughter]. We had just started learning archery, and there was an Afghan named Abdullah, who was our coach and also the caretaker there. He taught us how to shoot arrows quickly, until we became coaches ourselves. After 15 days, there was a national archery competition. I didn’t have anyone else to send, so I joined the team as a shooter. Interestingly, my photo even appeared in the Federation’s calendar as a veteran, even though I was the oldest back then, 20 years ago.
Fast forward to the competition day, and we still had the target board set up, about 1.5 meters by 1.5 meters, and they call it a "target" where they attach papers with names on them—called "faces." For each archer, three people shoot at the same target. I was shooting, and suddenly my arrows would fly under the face or hit the face of another archer’s target. When it came time to score, I would argue, "No, that’s my arrow. It hit the other target." Behind me, there was my late friend, Kourosh, and Mr. Abolhasani, who noticed I was shooting wildly. They said, "You’re not even hitting the target. What’s wrong?" Kourosh said, "Mr. Dezhakam, maybe your arrows are bad. Change them." I replied, "The coach said not to change arrows during the competition." Kourosh said, "Come on, what’s the difference? You’re shooting off-target anyway. Maybe it’ll still hit the target."
That’s how archery with Congress 60 started. Don’t think that everything has always been organized and smooth. We had our share of struggles before we reached this point.
“I also wanted to share a memory with you to show you what stages we’ve gone through. Thank you so much, Amin. I really appreciate it. I want to thank Amin, who, as the archery Dideban (Watcher) and responsible for archery, should continue his management role. He insisted so much that I had to bring you here today, and it was the right thing to do. I’m happy you’re here, and I’m looking forward to seeing your progress in the next competitions. For several years, I didn’t allow myself to participate in competitions; I wanted you to get stronger internally. Now, you’ve reached that stage, and God willing, you’ll become very, very strong.
I also want to thank Mr. Hakimi and Mr. Ashkezari, as well as Ani, who was on the national team, a champion of Tehran, and had other great accomplishments. They’ve all done very well, and I really appreciate it. I hope to see the same discipline and order that we should apply everywhere, and I insist on this. The principles of Congress 60, the rules of our Legion, were even carried into our music group, and we won. These rules of Congress 60 should apply to archery, rugby, and all sports; every athlete from Congress 60 must write their educational CDs. Anyone who doesn’t write their CDs is not allowed to enter the system at any level or position. If a guide is available, they will check it. If not, it should be given to the archery agent to verify that they’ve written their CDs.
This must also be implemented in the rugby team. I will discuss this with Majid [the monetary Dideban of Congress 60] to make sure it’s fully executed because these two teams—archery and cycling—are the pioneers of Congress 60. I repeat, they are the pioneers of Congress 60, showing that addiction has a strong, effective cure. Therefore, we need the principles of Congress 60 to be fully enforced, or we will face problems. Our Legion has disciplines, border guards, and Congress 60’s participation must be regular. Even in the music group, Amin planned for the musicians to participate, each with their own instrument. The same applies to archery. In archery, they participate with their shooting skills; in the music group, they participate with their instruments; in rugby, they must participate with their ball or their game. All these actions must proceed according to the plan, and God willing, we will succeed. Time has passed, and it’s okay, but since the 11th rule is very important and necessary, I’ll hand it over to the secretary.
Translated by Elahe
