In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Honorable and brave nation of Iran:
Now that the strongholds of the tyrannical monarchial regime, the anti-Islamic rule of the Pahlavi dynasty and the pillars of old and neo-colonialism have crumbled one after another by the divine grace and the blessings of unyielding resistance and endurance of you the zealous people, and the provisional government of the Islamic Revolution has been set up as the first step in the path leading to the crystallization of the objectives of the sacred Islamic Revolution, it is necessary to call on the general public, workers, employees, merchants, artisans, university people, and teachers to end their strikes and resume activities and work on Saturday, Bahman 28, 1357 AHS/ Rabi` al-Awwal 19,1399 AH [February 17,1979].
The country's deplorable situation- resulting from the unprecedented widespread corruption, treacheries and looting perpetrated by Muhammad Rida Pahlavi's henchmen and the expediency of continuing the general strikes as a weapon in the nation's hand in order to crush the resistance of the previous regime- has reached such levels that a basic reconstruction will have to be immediately effected. The continuation of the strikes as well as delays in the carrying out of a series of urgent and immediate political and economic measures may create a situation in which the internal enemies of the Islamic Revolution and the foreigners who have lost their interests with the overthrow of the previous regime might resort to intrigues and perhaps reap anti-Islamic and anti-national benefits. Therefore, the country must come out of this period of strikes, hardships and deprivation that it had imposed upon itself for the overthrow of the despotic system, and start turning the wheels of life, economy and discipline, with complete power, speed and efficiency, for the purpose of production and reform, and start repairing the damage and effectuating production and prosperity.
Willful intervention and obstruction in the directives and rules of the Islamic Revolution's provisional government will cause mayhem; hence, you must cooperate and collaborate with it and decisively support it, and abide by its rules and regulations. Disobedience to the provisional government, and obstructing the implementation of the revolutionary government's programs will be considered as acts meant to oppose the genuine Islamic Revolution; agitators and agents involved in such activities will be presented to the people as anti-revolutionary elements so that they can deal with these anti-revolutionary elements in the same way they had toppled the Shah's anti-revolutionary regime.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini