In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Rabi` al-Awwal 13,1399 AH
Bahman 22,1357 AHS
Heroic and combatant Muslim nation of Iran!
At this critical moment that your heroic struggle has crushed the obstacles of despotism and exploitation one by one and has made the blossoms and fruits of your Islamic Revolution bloom, while expressing my gratitude to each one of you, brothers and sisters, I deem it necessary to remind you of the following points:
You have manifested your Islamic and revolutionary growth during the course of the struggle and now, more than ever, it is necessary for you to show this growth to the whole world to let them know that the Muslim people of Iran can choose their own path to prosperity without the mandate of this and that (power). Hence, I want all of you, firstly, to obstruct any chaos and acts of sedition and do not allow malicious saboteurs to carry out activities such as looting, arson, punishing the convicted ones, destruction of scientific, technical, industrial, and artistic works, and vandalizing public and private properties. The enemies would resort to all sorts of ruses such as infiltrating the Muslim masses with corrupt and malicious elements in order to distort the image of the movement and present it as a reactionary and violent one. I declare to everyone that any individual who gets involved in such activities will be ostracized from the nation's revolutionary community and will be responsible before the Exalted God. Secondly, take note that our Revolution has not yet fully attained victory over the enemy, who enjoys all the means of conspiracy, and is lurking around with plots. Only vigilance, revolutionary discipline, and obedience to the commands of the leadership and the Islamic provisional government can thwart all these plots. Thirdly, do not ever subject to any violence and persecution those individuals from among the enemy who are taken captive by you. In accordance with Islamic traditions, show them kindness and affection. In due course, the Islamic government will certainly put them on trial and the laws of justice will be implemented regarding them.
I want all of you, brothers and sisters to cooperate with the provisional revolutionary Islamic government, which is heir to the ruins of a series of past corrupt governments, so that, with God's might and assistance and with everybody's cooperation, we shall be able to reconstruct as soon as possible an Islamic Iran, which will be the cause of envy of the whole world. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini