What did the proposed defense minister say in the meeting with the representatives? The sixteen priorities of Mehrad Ahli Mehrad Ahlik, the proposed Minister of Defense:
My order of priorities for the management of the Ministry of Defense in the proposed plan is 16 items, one of which is the re-architecture and re-creation of the future Ministry of Defense. Rebuilding industrial production infrastructure while complying with passive protection is one of the other things included in the plans. We are looking for new products that we have the ability to produce and new technology within six months at most; Therefore, connecting innovative and developing technology according to innovation to a leap in defense systems is one of our most important goals. The development of diplomacy and international defense law in interaction with the General Staff of the UN is one of the other programs we have. The attention to livelihood, housing and treatment of retirees and military personnel is of special importance and in terms of its importance is equal to the other axes of the program. More important than the missile range is the anti-arrogance spirit of the people; some of these people whose presence is very noticeable are the armed forces. Through the IDF General Staff and monitoring the allocation of budgets, we are working seriously on the issue of strengthening air defense and hope that more attention will be paid to this area during this period. We have no other vision than what our martyred imam had and what the supreme leader of the revolution has today, and we follow him without any shortcomings and we are the ones who carry out the orders of the supreme leader and the honorable commander of the general forces. We will certainly be dynamic in research and innovation and will use the ability of universities and knowledge-based companies. We produced equipment and provided missile support even under sanctions, and we have no particular problem in fulfilling the duties of the armed forces. We have provided the necessary equipment to the armed forces to deal with the enemy by any method and plan and we will continue to do so. The enemy uses various methods to strengthen its power and attack the country, and we follow these developments in real time and update the equipment of the armed forces according to the methods and tools used by the enemy. The participation of the private sector has been among the goals of the Ministry of Defense since the last few years, but its necessity has increased today.