In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The crimes of the Pahlavi family «1» during fifty years of rule
One of the good points of this Islamic movement is the fact that we had never faced such faces before. You were preoccupied with your business and we were, too. Such gatherings were not possible. Neither had we ever seen you, nor had you seen us; nor had we encountered the problems that we are now discussing. It is this sacred Islamic movement, which merged all the strata, provided the opportunity, and facilitated the means through which we could meet with you gentlemen to bring up the issue. You know how much sufferings the Iranian nation has undergone from fifty odd years ago up until now, how many crimes have this father and son committed and how much suppression and hardship have people from all walks of life in this country been subjected to. On their part, the universities, faculties and teacher's colleges could not fulfill the responsibilities entrusted to them. Likewise, the engineers and other classes of people were not free to raise questions or to carry out any task they wanted for the benefit of the nation. In Europe, we met with many students, four hundred of whom were sent to Germany by the government, and discussed issues including that of atomic energy. A group of these students came to us and brought up their predicament. The first was that they were kept backward and were not allowed to progress scientifically, and second was the fact that this atomic energy is deleterious, not beneficial, to Iran. It is useful until the time there is oil and gas in Iran; once this oil and gas are exhausted then it will outlive its usefulness. Furthermore, it can inflict other material damages as well. Moreover, this act has been done intentionally by the governmental machinery in order to retard our youth's progress, destroy our youthful work force, and obstruct the progress of the country. In the name of development, they, in reality, have pushed the country backward.
Reconstruction through unity
God willing, through the efforts of the people from all walks of life, joining hands, and with unity of expression and efforts you shall rebuild Iran, which has been driven backward, destroyed and abandoned. Teachers should give the children a proper education; engineers should be involved in beneficial activities and the rest from all other lifestyles should follow suit.
I implore God the Almighty and Exalted to acquaint us all with our national and Islamic responsibility. I hope that we will be able to sever the hands of the foreigners off this country, so that you can run your own country, and the country's treasury be at your own disposal. Iran is a country that possesses everything, but so many looters abound that nothing benefits the nation. So many plunderers were, and are, lurking that the nation could not lay its hands on these resources. We have everything and yet get nothing! We have everything if we are free and independent. But in the manner that we have been leading our lives, we have nothing. I hope that from now on we will not live in this way anymore. Now is the time that you, the intellectuals, who carry more responsibility than others do, worked harder than the rest. You have a heavier responsibility than the others do toward this country. All of you, in whatever activity you are involved in, should, firstly, work for the cause of this movement and take it forward toward its desired end and make the country independent, and (ensure) this discord which has hitherto been with us, is not repeated. Secondly, take efforts to establish a just government, a government of justice, which is founded and based on the nation's vote ...