Message [Preserving unity and brotherhood]

In His Most Exalted Name

Farvardin 3, 1357 AHS

Rabi` ath-Thani 24, 1399 AH «2»

O dear children of Islam! Devoted soldiers and guards of Islam, may God the Almighty support you all.

This New Year, I appreciate the efforts of the chivalrous and zealous youths, who have ended the nightmarish colonial rule in this country. I wish to express my gratitude to you, noble fighters, who have planted the sapling of freedom in this land. And I pray to God the Most High for your ever-increasing success in the path to final victory. At this sensitive juncture in time in which the remnants of our defeated enemy are lurking, you should keep your unity and brotherhood, and should not allow the enemies to reactivate and take advantage of disunity and rift among yourselves. I am not negligent in my prayers for the well-being of you, my beloved children.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini