Environment in the Ayatollah Khamenei’s Thoughts, the Supreme Leader of Iran

The subject of present article has to do with the importance of environment and natural resources in the political view of supreme leader of Iran. Ayatollah Khamenei is not only supreme leader of Iran but also, he is one of the eminent religious leaders in the world. For evaluation of his thoughts about environment and natural resources his 57 statements from 1991-2021 with the keywords of environment, nature, natural resources, air, water, soil, tree, planetary, forest, destruction, energy, pollution, environmental culture, awareness, law and crime statistically were analyzed. The data analysis shows that tree and planting 205 cases (maximum) and environmental awareness 4 cases (minimum) occur in his statements. It is important to note that his special attention to tree and planting is similar to special attention of tree and planting in Quran. The data analysis of Quran words show that tree 27 cases and tree of Date 20 cases have been repeated. It is clear that there is religious, justices and morality spiritual in his statements about environment, nature and natural resources. It seems that his view about environment, nature and natural resources is not only scientific, executively and expertise but also it is deeply moral and religious ideas.