Interviewer: A reporter of Luxembourg Radio-Television
Question: [Your Eminence, the Shah is leaving Iran without resigning; do you think that the conditions have changed?]
Answer: No, the Shah's departure changes nothing. This domination should be destroyed in every part of Iran, because it is illegal. The government, the two Majlises, and the monarchy council are all illegal. As long as they are not reformed, peace will not appear in Iran.
Q: [Do you think that the movement and struggle you have created, will lead to the formation of a Jihad in Iran and other countries such as Turkey?]
A: That is none of our business. Our nation affected all the Islamic countries and make the other nation think of becoming free from East and West.
Q: [Is not the Islamic government a retrogressive government? The Shah intends to create a modern country, all Arab countries are after making developments, but Islam is against reform and social developments, such as women's freedom. What is your opinion?]
A: It was the Shah's government who was against our social development, and had lost all the freedoms and independence of the country. The Islamic government is not retrogressive and is in favor of all the manifestations of modernization, unless what is against the prosperity of the nation and also incompatible with the national moral norms. Islam does not only agree with the freedom of women, but is also the founder of women's freedom in all their aspects of life.
Q: [Do you have any relations with the Iranian Toudeh Party and as a result with Moscow?]
A: I have never had any relations with them, I don't have and I will never have.
Q: [Your Eminence, Iran is a far critical region in the world. Are you not afraid that your movement may lead to a war as you have endangered the balance of the region?]
A: We hope that the balance of the world would not be endangered, because we do not have any particular tendency toward either East or West. And we have appropriate relations with every government and our relations are based on justice, of course, provided that their relations with us are also fair and just. We hope that no instability is created in the region. Of course you, i.e. the West, consider instability in the region when your interests are in danger or are destroyed. If it is so, be sure that the greatest instability will be created in the region.