Speech [Need to gain readiness to neutralize conspiracies, and reconstruction of the country]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The revolution has one path and one post-victory period. Before the victory of the revolutions, all the people head toward their goal and activities, and movements are very valuable and enthusiastic. After the victory, frailties appear and oppositions emerge. Until the time that you and we all had been in entanglements, we were in suppression of our beliefs; Some 35 million people of the Iranian population were in jail; Iran was a large jail; so, you were all suffering tortures, mental tortures. Other brothers were suffering physical tortures, and we heard all about these tortures; we were suffering mental tortures. Thanks to God, you rose against the regime and cut short the hands of the criminals from this country and repelled the professional plunderers from this land. Today is the day of victory for you. It is like opening the gates of a prison and setting free 30 million people. It is like setting free 30 million trapped pigeons from a cage. Today you have a revolution. Today, there is opposition; there is a drastic change. However, you must control the post-revolution period by your initiatives, by firm determination and by perseverance.

Today, you see corrupt people working in our country, in our land, who wish to sow the seeds of discord among you. They could not have done it in the past, when you were on the path, busy with fighting and challenging; and there was no way for anyone to penetrate into your lines. Today, when the challenges are over, we have to reconstruct the country; make Iran developed. Today, secret hands are at work and they sow the seeds of discord among all strata of the people. You, Revolutionary Guards of Islam, you, soldiers of the Imam of the Time, may God's peace be upon him, you must thwart these conspiracies by your wakefulness, by firm determination, and by strong fists. Do not assume that we have reached the final victory and the end of our path; we are still in the midst of the path and we have many steps to take. Today, they want to prevent us from advancing and taking steps ahead, toward reconstruction. They rise and start marches in various guises, «1» under different pretexts, and with many ill purposes; and they want to break the unity of expression of our nation, and cause suppression.

You courageous youth! You guardians of Islam! You must resist these conspiracies firmly and rigidly and do not let them finish their mischievous deeds. I am thankful to you for rising against the regime at a time when we needed courageous and zealous men like you, and thank you for advancing the movement and protecting it. However, your service has not yet ended, your service to Islam has not finished. We are still in the midst of our path and must prevent these conspiracies, these satanic plots that are masterminded and advanced in our country by the United States and its agents. We must cut their hands and not allow them to make any plots. They perform their acts of conspiracy in various guises and under various pretexts, and sow the seeds of discord among our nation. My brothers, my dear men, you must face them with your strong fists and thwart them; frustrate their words. They are carrying out deceitful plans across the country and intend to return the past regime to the throne or if not possible, bring into existence something like that, then suppress us again, jail our youth, and plunder our resources. We are obligated- all of us- to prevent the advancement of these satanic plans.

I warn the Iranian nation, I ask you to be wakeful, and do not allow the penetration of these Satan in your lines. They do not believe in Islam, they have no faith, they do not believe in God, and want to break your lines apart and penetrate your monotheist, humanistic, and Islamic front, and prevent us from meeting our goals. The goal is to revive and implement Islam, to be precise, the universal provisions of Islam, and all the people enjoy public welfare, be free, and be independent. I beseech health and salvation for the nation and for you courageous youth, from the Almighty God.

May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.