Speech [Necessity of brotherhood and fraternity among the nation and need to confront the small groups]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I hereby thank my brothers who have come from far ways so that we can speak with each other closely and brief each other over some issues. You gentlemen know what has gone on in Iran during the fifty odd years; the tyranny of the Pahlavi regime and what our people went through. The border region inhabitants were always attacked on the borders, and those residing in central parts were always assaulted. But, every one realizes the assaults at his own place of residence. We, who are here, observed the Pahlavi monarchy's oppression in here, and heard some news about the situation at the borders, but the information was not authentic. You gentlemen who reside in border regions, observed what was going on there, but knew nothing about what was going on in central parts, except the information you heard. All the strata of the people were under pressure, all were suffering.

During the recent two years, the oppression of the Pahlavi regime increased, and the nation who could not tolerate it any longer rose up, started a movement, an Islamic movement for the sake of Islam, for reviving the traditions of Prophet Muhammad (s). And the Almighty God bestowed a unity that covered all borders, provinces and villages. This unity of expression was achieved under the banner of Islam and belief in God. If the movement was not an Islamic-national movement, for example, if it was a political movement, it would not have developed to this extent. A political or national movement is developed in a small area and among a limited number of the people, because it has no links to Islam. This movement developed in such a way that it developed among all the people from little children to the old men, different parties, and different strata of the people in the society. And, the movement would not have been developed, but by the will of the Almighty God, because our nation wanted Islam. Our people constantly said that they wanted an Islamic republic and that they did not want the Pahlavi regime. Iran's movement moved forward in this way, and a matter that was deemed quite impossible by all the thinkers and politicians was realized by the help of God.

Now that we have all gathered in Qum, you from the borders have joined us here in this place without being afraid of anyone, any security organization, and any military or governmental organization. One of the blessings of our movement is that the Pahlavi regime was defeated, overthrown, and we became free, and our country was saved from the plunderers.

Now that we have become free, and have saved our country from the foreign countries, they would not remain silent. They are now after making conspiracies. They appointed agents in different parts of the country to make counter-government sayings in different ways in Tehran, Khouzestan, Kurdistan, Balouchistan, Khorasan, and in Kerman. They are agents of the foreign enemies and include both those who are linked to the former regime and those who have gone astray and carry various names. Their mission is to prevent the country from being peaceful, their mission is to create differences and discord everywhere with different forms. They create discord in border regions using religious differences. Among those who speak Turkish, among those who speak Kurdish, among those who speak Persian, the enemy tries to create discord saying that there are differences of culture and language. In this way, they intend to create discord among the brothers who live in Kurdistan, Azerbaijan and Khorasan provinces. In Tehran, also you see that they rush into the universities and do not let the universities become opened. They seek a new excuse every few days and stage rallies to create differences, and they make gatherings and wish to create discord.

Now that we have gathered here, we should express our sufferings and sympathize with each other to find a remedy for the sufferings. Our current sufferings are those remaining agents of the former regime, those who are still making mischief in the country. They go to factories and prevent them from working. They go to deserts and farmlands and prevent the farmers from working. They create discord among the farmers. They create differences everywhere. This is our suffering. If God forbid, this suffering is not treated, I fear that the Iranian nation will experience the same bitter issues it suffered from, during the fifty odd years of the former regime government, in a non-monarchy government, or even in the same monarch government. I fear that the same problems will come back if we do not cure and treat these disasters and sufferings. I fear that the same security organization, the same government officials, and the situation in which we could not gather to speak with each other will come back. If the former regime was not overthrown, you all would now in prison. You and we would all have been arrested and taken away upon entering the door. Now that the Almighty God has given us this blessing, and has made us victorious over the Shah's regime, we should maintain our unity and brotherhood, in order to express our gratitude to God, and that would be the only remedy for the current suffering.

Consider two points. First of all `unity of expression, ' that is you should all be beside each other. And the second `for the sake of God, ' that is: our movement and uprising should be for God's satisfaction. The Almighty God has ordered Prophet Muhammad (s) to tell the people that He has just one advice for the people, just one advice, and that is rising up for The sake of God:" I preach only one thing to you: that you stand up in pairs or singly for God." «1» If you are just a single person, and want to rise up, your uprising should be for the sake of God. If you are a society and want to rise up, your uprising should be for the sake of God. This is an advice the Almighty God has sent for His people and said that this is his only advice. Every thing is encapsulated in this single advice. If a nation rises up, and if its uprising be for the sake of God, that nation is victorious. We should now observe God's order. We should preserve the movement and the uprising that has progressed so far; and praise be to Allah as far as I know it has been for the sake of God, and every body has asked for Islam. That means, this is a divine case, as Muslims, we are all bound to save the movement that has been for the sake of God.

In order to save this movement, you should be alert to recognize who are those who keep saying that you are from different tribes, for example you are a Kurd or you are a Lor, and why? A nation who has risen up, and wants to run its own country by putting an end to foreigners interference in its country's domestic affairs, and has done it, should be alert and investigate why some keep on saying that your are Shi`ah and you are Sunni, you are from Kurdistan and you are from Lorestan, you are from that party and you are from that front, to create discord among the nation. The nation should be alert to see who those that have inspired these people are. They should investigate who are behind all these, who do not let peace to be settled or who prevent the factories from working. Well, if the factories start working, the people can run their daily lives. They prevent farmers from working, because if they start working, that would be to the interest of the nation. Who are these people? How are they inspired? Where are they from? When the revolution started, and the Muslims were determined to uproot them, many of these people came to Iran from foreign countries, by forged ID cards. Some others were in Iran, they were the remnants of the former regime, and they were the mercenaries of the Shah Regime. They felt the danger. They were the servants of those masters who were overthrown and they knew that when their masters' hands are severed, their own hands will be severed too. Therefore, they spread among the nation and started saying baseless sayings among the people, in Kurdistan, in Azerbaijan and other provinces in order to create discord among the people. If we be influenced by them, if we start fighting with each other, that would be what they want us to do, and they will stab us in the back with knives of betrayal.

We should all consider this significant point, suggested by Islam:" Cling firmly together to God's rope, and do not separate." «2» We should all unite and rely on God. We should unite for the sake of God, and should be afraid of discord and differences. This is a quite clear and obvious point, that what made our progress possible so far was our unity of expression. Discord and differences will demolish this unity of expression. And if this unity is demolished we will lose the secret of our victory, and will be defeated. If God forbid, we are defeated, Iran will never gain its independence, and Iran will never gain its freedom, because this movement was unique. This movement was almost unique through out history, and such a movement will not be repeated. No one will be able to create such a movement again; it was unprecedented. If we are defeated, we should submit to slavery forever. Our next generations should also submit to slavery and so forth. Therefore, our wisdom, religion and moral sense, require us to treat each other like brothers, just as what is suggested by Islam that all the Muslims are brothers: " Believers merely form a brotherhood." «3» If one attacks two brothers, they will defeat the attacker. We are now attacked by the weak remnants of the former regime. Their attack is a political one, they intend to prevent us from being united, and they try to create discord among us. We should be alert, should be brothers, and should put an end to our differences in order to preserve God's orders, for the sake of God and for the sake of the Holy Qur'an. We should all be brothers and united in order to defeat these agents, so that we can live beside each other in a quite peaceful, humane, and Islamic society.

I hereby pray to the Almighty God to make the Muslims alert through out the world. I pray to God to make the Muslims happy and prosperous. I pray to God to create unity of expression among the Muslims, particularly among the Iranian brothers. I pray to God to make alert our Iranian brothers to ignore what some agents keep on saying in order to create discord among them these people have ill purposes. I pray to God that these brothers will live beside each other peacefully. And those who live in the border regions, they shoulder a quite important responsibility, just as those who reside in central regions. Those residing in border regions and those living in central places should fulfill their duties, so that they can neutralize the conspiracies of those who try to create discord and violation through their unity of expression. They have spread the rumor that the Muslims are going to massacre the Jews. A few days ago, the Jewish officials had come here. I told them that you witnessed that the Muslims became victorious, and the Jews are all living peacefully. These agents intend to prevent the people from being united. We should solve this problem, we should stand against them, and we should be united.

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