Interview [The military government; the future government]

 Interviewer: Japanese Radio-Television reporter
Question: [The new military government has taken over in Iran; do you think there's going to be some changes, and obstacles in the way of your friends' victory?]
Answer: The new government has not accomplished anything new; Iran has been run by military government for a long time now, and now that the prime minister is military, nothing is going to change, and the people will continue their resistance, and the defeat of the system has become more imminent now.
Q: [A unity is developing among all opposition forces in Iran. At one side, You are the head of the Shi`ah Muslims, and the leftist extremists are present too. Don't you think this will create internal problems in the future?]
A: No, the leftists are very little in number. There are thirty five million Muslims in Iran who are all shouting Islam in the streets. Who can stand in the way of these thirty five million conscious believers? In this respect, we don't have any problem that isn't solvable.
Q: [What is your decision and opinion about the future government after the fall of the Shah, especially your stance about oil?]
A: The future government would be an independent one, unattached to any other government. And the plan is to reduce the influence of other governments and the superpowers over Iran, and to let the people themselves have control over the oil, which indeed belongs to them, and sell it to those who would pay us foreign exchange. We don't want to keep the oil; we want to sell it to those who are customers, and we would sell it to any customer with a better offer. And we would never allow scrap iron to be imposed on us instead of money.