In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
My dear brothers and friends! Dear Iranian nation!
Right now I received news from a reliable source and it is necessary to inform you about it. A plot is underway from abroad by the utilitarian that the Iranian nation must neutralize through awareness and courage. As soon as the Shah has gone, they are out to mobilize a bunch of marauders and mercenaries in the name of the Muslim nation to attack the army, barracks, the soldiers, police stations and other governmental and military establishments and under the excuse of defending these forces, they want to impel them to massacre the defenseless nation.
The malicious elements who want to keep and restore the treacherous Shah to plunder the nation's wealth, on the one hand spread rumors among the soldiers and the military personnel and other security forces claiming that the nation wants to destroy them, and on the other hire the mercenaries and marauders to- in the name of the nation- attack the military and security establishments to pit the nation against the army and the security forces and achieve their desired goals.
In accordance to my religious, national duty, I warn the entire honorable nation and all the military and security forces to thwart yet another last plot through moral courage and wakefulness. The people are duty-bound to treat the army and the security forces with fraternity and kindness and if some marauders decide to attack them, they must defend their brothers.
The army and other security forces are duty-bound to treat the nation with fraternity and if the marauders attack them, they must know that it is not the nation, rather the agents of the aliens and utilitarians who want to create disorder.
My dear, valorous brothers must know that with the ouster of the Shah the final victory has not yet been achieved. They should not lose their patience and observe the problems and plots consciously. I beseech the Almighty God to make the nation successful and destroy the basis of oppression. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini