Speech [Holding fast to the rope of God]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

This is the command of Islam; Islam has ordained and commanded in the Qur'an:" Cling to the Rope of God together and do not disperse." «1» All together- all the sections together- cling to the rope of God and heed the call of the Great God. With faith in God, we must all move ahead together. Disobeying this divine command is a crime, is a sin. We must all be together. All our forces must be united; the naval forces, the air force, the ground forces, and the nation- all are from one another. The armed forces and the national forces are a unit force. All must hold fast to the rope of God. By clinging to the rope of God, we have advanced and we will advance.

You the law enforcement forces also played a big role in this movement. They had given you a bad name and had alienated you from the nation. You revealed your true self in the course of the uprising and showed that you are with the nation and with Islam. The nation too, has welcomed you warmly, and shall do the same now. You were never part of these groups that you are now witnessing and never saw yourself among your own brethren. It is by the blessing of this movement that you are seeing yourself in the midst and in the embrace of your own brothers. We have achieved a great success; this is a great blessing that we have reaped from this great movement that brothers have found each other; one line, one closely bound line of the armed forces and the force of the nation. We are all from a single line and must stay the same. It is a commandment of Islam that," all must cling to the rope of God". We must not be scattered; we should not be alienated from one another. The very thought of division is wrong; do not destroy this unity, do not quell this movement; do not betray Islam. All the forces must join so that they can show resistance in the face of the forces that are from Satan- from the foreigners. You saw how you were able to rout the great powers with your unity of expression; safeguard this strength. If God forbid, there is a breach in this strength, we should be prepared for a catastrophe. May God be with all of you. May God be with our country. The Imam of the Time, may God's peace be upon him, is behind this nation. I thank all the respected residents of Gilan and all the strata of the people of Iran and the residents of the town of Bandar Anzali, and I regard the personnel of the naval force as my own brothers.

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