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Speech [Tribes in the former regime; parliamentary elections]

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Tribes in the former regime; parliamentary elections
A group of tribesmen of Chaharlang Bakhtiyari
جلد ۶ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، از صفحه ۴۵۴ تا صفحه ۴۵۵
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Pahlavi dynasty's treachery against the tribes

One of the treacherous acts committed by Rida Shah against our nation was that he was commissioned to suppress our tribes. I wrote about this issue in a book, but they (ex-regime) censored that sentence. The tribes of ours around Iran were backers of Iran's independence. Because the foreigners could not bear up with these tribes, they commissioned Rida Khan, the father of Muhammad Rida, to suppress them. He did his services to foreign powers by betraying our nation. After him, this one, too, acted upon the same scheme. You, the tribesmen, were the backers of this nation and God willing, you will remain so. Your fathers served this country and safeguarded the independence of this country. You, too, must follow the same course of action and safeguard your country's independence.

Severing the hands of the traitors

Up until now, when the corrupt regime was in power and the treacherous regime was still installed, our country never had independence or freedom. All of you have tasted the bitterness of this predicament; we were all subjected to repression and no one was free. Thanks God, with the uprising of the nation and all strata of the people, whether tribesmen or urban people, you and we could drive away the icon of corruption (Shah) from our country, who is now denied entry everywhere and he is now wandering in such a way that he does not know what to do! He now tastes the consequences of his treacheries and crimes. However, you, respectable tribesmen and the rest of the other respectable tribesmen of Iran, must be vigilantly aware that treacherous hands are at work behind the curtain. They (foreign lackeys) do not want an independent Iran. They want to give away all its resources to foreign powers gratis as the Shah had done. They had given away our oil and in exchange for this, they built a military base for Americans. These weapons, which sent to Iran, were useless for the country and were weapons for America's own use. They took away our oil and, in return, a military base was set up for them. From now on, such kinds of betrayals must end. You, zealous youth, must be vigilantly heed the fact that treacherous hands are now actively at work and you must sever them.

Electing righteous representatives

God willing, now, you just observed such a prestigious referendum, which has no precedence in the world; no such referendum has ever been so powerful as ours has been. The Iranian people voted with enthusiasm for the Islamic Republic. From the quantitative point of view, more than twenty million people voted for the Islamic Republic and gave their endorsement for Islam.
May God grant you longevity. From now on, we need you and the nation. Later on, learned individuals who are abreast with the times and do not have any left or right leanings, who should be nationalistic, independent and independent in their thought must be elected to the Constituents Assembly. We need to preserve this unity so that, God willing, when the Constituents Assembly is set up, you will send competent representative to it. Perhaps, at that time, I will introduce competent people to you.
After this, we need to set up the national consultative assembly. The previous national consultative assemblies were so called" national", but had better be called monarchial consultative assemblies. You have always known that they were set up without your consultation. The authorities (ex-regime) never informed you that you were free to vote for anyone you liked. That situation is now history and, God willing, will lose ground, and you are free and independent to choose representatives to the Parliament. However, you must take care not to let satanic elements enter (the Parliament) and mislead you. You must elect freedom-seeking, nationalistic, pious and learned representatives to the Consultative Assembly.
I implore the Exalted and Blessed God for the health and prosperity of you, the tribesmen of Iran, the tribesmen of Chaharlang clan, and I am informed of their condition. You are the support of this country and, God willing, you should avert the (spread of) corruption with might and safeguard the independence of your own country. Peace be upon you all, my friends.


امام خمینی (ره)؛ 19 فروردین 1358

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