Speech [Victory of the downtrodden over the arrogant; the nation's support for the armed forces]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

It is a blessed day. Every day of ours after the revolution and after the ousting of the corrupt regime is blessed. All the days of our nation are festivity and blessed. You witnessed all the days that passed for our nation. And you witness also these days when all the strata are brotherly and move shoulder-to-shoulder. You saw the days that passed for our nation when the taghouti force oppressed our nation. And today you witness that the Islamic force is at the bosom of the nation and is marching in front of the nation; and the nation is clapping and rejoicing for them. These days are a day of festivity. The festivity for the downtrodden nation is the day when the arrogant people are buried. The festivity for our nation is the day when the roots of corruption, which exist in some parts of Iran, are destroyed. I do extend my greetings for this day to the entire nation and to all the disciplinary forces especially the brothers who have come here from the gendarmerie. I wish you all prosperity and well-being.

Do you not feel that today is different from those days when you were confronting the nation and the nation was not acknowledging you? Do you not feel that it is this blessing of Islam that has joined you together? I hope that this togetherness will exist up to the end; and that you would be an Islamic army, Islamic gendarmerie and Islamic disciplinary force; and that you be always at the service of the nation and the nation to support you. The Iranian nation is a noble nation and a great nation; it is a powerful nation; and it supports you and considers you as its brothers. I consider everybody as my brother and I am at the service of everybody.

We implore God, the Blessed and Exalted, to let this nation of ours remain with such enthusiasm in advancing the revolution, and to let everybody advance with enthusiasm toward a great Islamic state and a great Islamic power. May God bestow prosperity to our nation both in this world and in the hereafter; make everybody advance with such power that it possesses; make us at the service of everybody; and endow strength and grandeur to all and reward them for all the services that they render to Islam and their country. May God protect you all!

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you!