TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that the magnificent presence of Iranian women in the scene of scientific and Quranic studies accounted for honor of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In a meeting with Iranian learned women to mark birth anniversary of Hazrat-e Masoumeh (AS), the Supreme Leader said that the Quranic studies must focus on leading the social and individual life in line with the criteria set by the Holy book.
The Supreme Leader said that Islam accorded high esteem to women and that Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully provided opportunity for thousands of women to enhance level of education at the international level and get top status.
The Supreme Leader said that the Western culture uses the women as tools compared to the respect Islam accords to woman.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that the number of women involved in scientific and Quranic studies in Iran has exceeded those in other countries.
The Supreme Leader said that the social and individual life under the former regime had deviated from the lofty aspirations of Holy Quran, so the current studies must focus on narrowing the gap between social and individual lifestyle and the guidelines of the Holy book.
“One basic work to promote the Quranic guidelines in the society is to form a government on the Islamic criteria. Establishment of the Islamic Republic has been an example for such a goal.”
The Supreme Leader said that Holy Quran is the best reference book for human science to be taught at the universities and advised the students to get acquainted with Arabic language in order to understand the perceptions of Quran well.