In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Blessings of the Islamic Revolution
They broke the classrooms of the Faydiyyah Madrasah; they looted there. «1» That day was the day when the gathering in this seminary was engaged in a struggle between the taghouti and satanic army and the divine army. The taghouti regime is gone, and today we, the various groups, who would never get together and no one thought it probable that we would congregate, have gathered in this sacred place. The honorable soldiers of Shiraz have come here from their barracks. The students, the rest of the sections; the clergy; the honorable women and ladies have all gathered together. This opportunity was given to us by the movement. Islam has placed this obligation on us by which all sections of the nation have gathered at one location. In the era of the taghouti regime, the sections were divided from one another. If we grouped, it was to fight. In the streets, they would gather to fight; they would come to shed their blood. With the blessing of Islam, the sacred Islamic movement placed the honorable soldiers beside us; it grouped the teachers with them; it gathered the women with them in a single location. We must repay this debt to the Blessed and Almighty God.
The blessings of this movement were many. The biggest blessings of all were the demolishing of the huge barrier of the monarchial regime and the banishment of the thieves and plunderers from our country as well as the amputation of the hands of the agents of infidelity and discord and chopping off the hands of the plunderers and pillagers of the oil resources. We have achieved these blessings until now. Freedom is the greatest of the divine gifts that our nation now enjoys. You have come here freely, whereas yesterday you could not.
You reminded us that you were imprisoned. The barracks were prisons, Iran was a prison; Iran was a prison of 35 million people. We were imprisoned in the seminaries, while you in the barracks, the traders in the bazaar; the administrative staff in the offices- all of you were imprisoned. Today, the Blessed and Almighty God has placed an obligation on us and has blessed us with the gift of freedom so that we all have gathered in this place freely and are discussing our problems. From now onward, we need such gatherings.
Desperate moves of the small groups
Our movement has not reached the end. We are at the halfway stage. So far, we have removed a large number of obstacles from our path; and God willing, we shall eradicate these rotten remnants from their roots. These servants rightists and leftists- these parasites, these plunderers and their deputies- they must know that they cannot continue with their desperate moves, and with the assassination of a personality the way will not be opened for them. Our nation is all fighters; our nation is all soldiers; the men and women of our nation are soldiers. These parasites of society; these who wish to pour our crude oil in the pockets of America, these who are either leftists or rightists- they must know that their era is past and over. They can no more bring back that regime or a regime similar to that. Remain seated in your own places! Do not come out of caves like bats. Assassination is of no use to you. All our youth are prepared for martyrdom. Our men and women are all prepared for martyrdom.
My brothers! We have come half of the way and must reach the final destination. You must safeguard this movement. You must make this burning fire burn with greater intensity. If God forbid, any harm comes to this movement, it would mean subjugation to the very end; and it will not happen. This movement will reach fruition. And, an Islamic government and an Islamic republic- that is a protector of all happiness, and a protector of the independence of our country, and also is a protector of the freedom of our nation- will be established. May God grant all of you, all the men, women, the soldiers and the students' health, prosperity and honor. May God fan the flames of this movement that it burns with greater intensity. May God cut off the hands of the criminals.
May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.