In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Collapse of evil
You are very welcome, courageous youth! Greetings to you all! Greetings to you that have come today to visit us and I observe the power of your courage up-close. My dear youth! Today, I congratulate you twice: once on the collapse of the tyrant regime to which there is no return; all-out strangulation is over now and has no way of returning either; dependency on foreign countries is cut and will never return. My second congratulation is due to the victory of the `Islamic Revolution'. This Islamic system will provide public welfare for all the strata of the people and will bring freedom for all; it will make us free; it will safeguard our independence; it will empower the weaker classes of society, and it will be a supporter of the oppressed. I congratulate you for this Islamic system; however, we all must be loyal to this system and be soldiers of Islam.
Difference of the Islamic Revolution with previous movements
The key to our victory was our reliance on the Almighty God. The key to our victory was this that it was not merely political in nature, it was not for oil and the like; it was for spiritual ends, for Islamic ends. Our youth sought martyrdom; our youth welcomed martyrdom, as did soldiers of Islam in the advent of this religion. Our soldiers have no fear of being martyred; this is because death does not mean destruction to them. Martyrdom for our soldiers is eternal salvation and they do their best to reach this end. The keys to our victory were reliance on Qur'an and the sacred belief in welcoming martyrdom. There was no fear [of death] in their hearts. They welcomed the firing of machine guns and tanks, and they feared not. Fists gained victory over tanks, fists defeated machine guns, and fists overcame global powers. Safeguard this key [to victory]. As long as you safeguard this key to success, you are victorious. Our nation is always victorious as long as it is with God. Our nation is victorious as long as it seeks refuge in Islam. Our nation is victorious as long as the flag of Qur'an is hoisted on its heights. Safeguard this key to victory. Pay attention to the point that the previous movements «1» were chiefly political or quasi-Islamic. This movement is purely Islamic. Today's movement is in the cause of God. All the people call out for Islam; all chant Islamic Revolution. This was the key to our victory and you are asked to safeguard it.
Treachery in the disguise of sympathizing with the laborers
I call your attention to this point that the satans have been scattered among all strata of the people to open ways for their masters. They want to promote the previous system. Do not let them within your ranks; repel them. Know this for sure that you can be independent and free by Islam. The Qur'an has made you free and it has assured your independence. Those, who seek to establish a foothold among you and want to make subversive propaganda, either in disguise of sympathizing with the laborers or any other guises, are betrayers of this nation. They do not intend to sympathize with the laborers; they want to create disorder in the country, they want to disturb the nation and fish in the troubled waters. These are mercenaries of the United States or others; and these people want to return us to the previous strangulation, and dependency. Be wakeful my brothers! Be wakeful and be on alert!
The army, the protector of national independence
You military men, you army men, you are from us; you are our dear brothers; you are our dear and courageous children, and we are from you. Our nation is your supporter and you are supporters of the nation. You are protectors of the national independence and he, who opposes you, has opposed the independence of the country, has opposed Islam. I reiterate that he who opposes the army has opposed Islam, has opposed the Prophet of Islam. Today, the army is not the army of the previous taghouti regime; it is an army of Muhammad.
Moreover, I recommend you my brothers, to observe discipline in your barracks. Safeguard the system as you did in the past. Be obedient to those above you in rank, do not commit sabotage, and do not give way to those who want to commit sabotage. These are opponents of our country's nobility; you must safeguard the nobility of your country yourselves. Moreover, you can do this by safeguarding this system, and you must safeguard whatever is in the Constitutional Law of this system. We must be your supporters and you must be our supporters, and the nation must be supporters of both. We have covered half of this path and God willing, we will cover the rest and will not allow interference of other countries in our internal affairs. We must nail those who want to make us subordinate to the foreigners to the wall.
May God protect you all and bestow you salvation in this world and the Hereafter.
May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.