Speech [Plot by the regime to annihilate Islam and make the country dependent (on others)]

[In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful]

Awakening of the clergy and the nation

The scheme of the government in Tehran is more serious than first imagined. Their design in closing the Faydiyyah Madrasah and imprisoning the `ulama' and religious students is to cause disruption in the Madrasah and to destroy Islam and the clergy. They want neither Islam to exist nor the clergy, for they realize that as long as Islam and the clergy exist in the country they cannot implement the orders of their masters and make Iran completely dependent on foreigners. By the festivals «1» that they create every day and the weaponry that they are constantly buying from this place and that, «2» by their wasteful spending and extravagance, they are trying to drive the Iranian nation towards calamity and bankruptcy and, God forbid, to make us the beggars of America and Israel. But be assured, they will not succeed. Praise be to God, the nation is awake and the Iranian clergy know what their duties are. The imperialists have not been able to deceive the clergy of Iran and put them to sleep, and, God willing, with this awareness they will sever the hands of the traitors to Islam and the country. You have a duty to help your brothers in Iran in whatever way possible. Persevere in the face of difficulties and be steadfast; even this expression of sympathy and support for the oppressed people of Iran will itself be effective. May God awaken everyone from the slumber of ignorance «3»