Ali Akbar Salehi: Independence does not mean isolation and cut off from the world The head of the Ironology Foundation emphasized at the meeting "Explanation of national independence under the holy rule of Imam Mujahid" that independence does not mean isolation and cut off from the world, but rather means maintaining the right and ability of the nation to recognize, decide and act independently and have the necessary authority to implement national decisions. Salehi explained the theoretical life of the slain Imam Mujahid on the slogan "Neither East, nor West, Islamic Republic" and said: This slogan came from the heart of the revolution in the bipolar world of the Cold War, and Imam Rahel made it the guiding principle of foreign policy. The art of the dead imam was that he kept this principle alive and effective even after the collapse of the bipolar world.