Speech [Treacheries of the period of Rida Khan; the plots of the US and superpowers]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Iranian tribes are one of the most significant reserves of Iran. Rida Khan was ordered to suppress the tribes wherever they were. Because the foreign powers have made investigations, upon which they had figured out that one of the obstacles, which could prevent their penetration in Iran, was the tribes. The foreign powers made an obstacle for every possible element, which was probable of incurring some problems for their penetration in Iran. The clerics were a probable obstacle for the targets of the foreign powers. Therefore, they made Rida Khan to ... against the clerics as you witnessed. Maybe you cannot remember, but I do remember and the old men remember what Rida Khan did with the clerics. They took such action against the clerics that they could not stay in their rooms in the Faydiyyah during the day and were obliged to go to the gardens at dawn and return to the Theological School late in the night. Because if they remained at the Seminary the police would arrest them, imprison them and forbid them from wearing clerics special clothes. They also mistreated the high-ranking clerics. These clerics faced many problems. Some of them were imprisoned, and some others were killed, because the foreign powers thought that they could be a possible obstacle against them.

The tribes were also another obstacle. The foreign powers thought that the tribes would be the main power if they exist in Iran, and it was true, because the tribes believed in Islam, and were probable to fight against the objectives of the foreign powers.

In this way, Rida Khan disarmed the tribes, and made them leave their lands and settled them in a specific place, preventing them from immigrating.

They made all these problems for the tribes. They plundered our national resources, our human resources as much as they could. They forbade the gatherings of religious sermons and prayers because they felt they would not be to their interest. Suddenly, we saw that there is no sermon gathering in Iran. Some clerics in Qum, as Mr. Muhammad Sadouqi «2» held some sermon gatherings before the dawn call to prayer [adhan], and he was obliged to end it before the call to prayer. They put an end to all gatherings. They prevented all the mosques, prayer leaders, and high-ranking clerics from working. Unfortunately, they created such an atmosphere and made such propagation which affected the nation in such a way that, some of the people- not all of them- became opposed to clerics. Their propagation led to satisfactory results and they claimed that the clerics were UK puppets. It was the UK agents, who introduced the clerics like this.

It means that the British agents were spread among the nation and said that the clergies are UK agents, they are courtiers, they are English, to separate the people from each other. Any way, they created discord among the nation through different ways, for example, by saying that the respected noble tribal men are bandits, should be oppressed, and they are robbers etc. Suppose that there were few law violators in a place. But they sought other objectives by saying so. Their objective was to make the nation believe that their measures to disarm the tribes were quite logical. They wanted to make the people believe that they were doing right to forbid the clerics from wearing their special clothes, by saying that the clerics were UK agents they should go and mind their own business. They created discord among the nation. They separated the clerics from the universities. They kept saying to the clerics that the academicians were secularists, a group of harmful secularists. At the same time, they told the academicians that the clerics are mercenaries of the royal palace, and they work for others. They separated the people from each other.

Praise be to Allah, these distances became less and less. And, we hope that these separations will be ended if they allow. Our nation became victorious in its movement, because it forgot the differences to some extent. All the people said that they wanted an Islamic republic and an Islamic government. The intellectuals, the bazaar merchants, the old and new generation, and the other strata of the people became brothers to fulfill this task. They all focused their attention on Islam. However, we need that unity of expression today more than any time before. The people were dissatisfied with the government, and united for the same reason. Even those who were not interested in Islam became united with the rest because they were dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction led to the uprising of the nation. We need the unity of expression today, more than any time before. People were then dissatisfied with the government, but that government does not exist any longer, so everything is finished. Now, the negative propagation has been started and the former government agents have started making the people dissatisfied with the current government, the same sufferings that people had in the past. They do not consider that the people's former sufferings have ended; they do not consider the fact that the time in which the liberal men were imprisoned has ended. The former problems are solved, now they try to create dissatisfaction with the movement by saying," what did the movement do for you? Has any of its promises become true? What has the current government done for you? What does it do for you? Now, here is the Islamic government, and you have the same condition you had before." The point is not that they are unaware of the facts, they know what they say and they seek objectives. They are well aware of what has been done so far. What has happened in Iran has been unique in the world, but they want to prevent it. The Iranian nation has defeated that government and has done something that was deemed quite impossible by the people, foreign governments, and the scholars.

They are well aware of the fact that the former government has oppressed the nation and their oppression was in the depth of the nation. They are well aware that those oppressions are now finished; there is no one to oppress the nation now. Those who are in power now, arrest the oppressors and try them, but have nothing to do with the rest of the people. The rest are free. Now, we have freely gathered here to talk with each other, while it was impossible before. Making such a gathering was impossible. They know that we have done a lot up to now, but they want to prevent it from being continued. They feel sorry. They are sorry because their masters are sent away.

One or two days ago, a daily carried the news report that the US Senate had condemned the executions in Iran. One who has submitted the proposal is an ally of Israel and himself a Zionist. «3» Well, it is quite clear that the US Senate should condemn us and there is no doubt about that. We know that they condemn us. The US government also condemns us, but refrains from saying anything. The US parliaments also condemn us; because, our movement has hit the US with a blow that has been unique. No country in the world has used our nation's resources as the US did. They should condemn us. It is quite an unreasonable expectation to think that the US should be pro us. It is an unreasonable expectation to think that the United States should not condemn our executions. We do not expect such behavior on the part of the United States, particularly considering that Iran has cut Israel's oil, and Israel is a close friend of the US and the US Senate. We do not expect any thing on their part.

The US government has threatened that if the executions continue, Iran-US relations will be endangered. We pray to God that it be endangered. Why should we want to have relations with the United States? Iran's relations with the United States are in fact the relations of an oppressed with an oppressor. Iran-US relations are in fact the relations between the one who is plundered and the plunderer. What do we want to do with US relations? The US wants and needs to have relations with Iran. We do not need the United States. The United States is located on the other side of the world and wants to have a market here. They are still yearning for our oil. Neither Islam, nor we intend to oppress others, but at the same time will not let any one oppress it either. Of course, the US Senate condemns us. Britain's parliaments also condemn us. The parliaments of the Soviet Union also condemn us. We are condemned by all the superpowers. What has happened in Iran is something that all the arrogant oppressors are against. We do not expect the United States or other superpowers who want to take away our resources, thank us now that we have made them leave our country. Of course, they should not thank us. They should be very sorry. If the United States does not express regret over the execution of Hoveyda, if the US fails to feel sorry for losing its fifteen-year servant, it would be unfaithful of them. If the US does not express regret over the fact that we are going to try the Shah judicially, charge him or execute him, it has not been grateful towards its servant. They have been ungrateful toward a servant who has offered them all the resources. They should express regret.

We should listen to what the oppressed people say. We should listen to what the American nation says. The US government is obviously defeated and injured. It is like a defeated and injured snake. The US Senate is defeated. They express regret. We should listen to what the US nation says. Do they hold the same logic? They do not. The nations are not like the governments. We should listen to what the oppressed nations say. We should see what the idea of these nations about the executions in Iran is. As far as, there was no execution in Iran, it was to the benefit of the US Senate, but now that all those who were serving them to reach their objectives are executed, they express regret. But, now we should consider the ideas of those nations who have been oppressed by the United States, Soviet Union, Britain or their own governments who are their puppets. We should consider the ideas of the oppressed people not the oppressors. An oppressor always wants to oppress others and wants its agents to do so. What is the idea of the oppressed people in the world? The US puppet institutions, like the Senate, like the Human rights organizations, like the other communities they have fabricated to deceive the world, they are all regretful. We know that they are regretful. They should be regretful, because they know what they have lost. They have lost their servants. When Hoveyda was executed, they expressed regret. We should consider who has expressed regret. What has been the logic of those who have expressed regret? A man had been Iran's prime minister for 13 years. During these years, everything had been done upon his orders. All these massacres had been done upon his orders. Now that oppressed nation arrested this man and executed this corrupt man, as retaliation for the lives of hundreds or thousands of people who had been killed by his order. Of course, they should express regret.

They do not pay any attention to those who were killed by their servants. Because those who were killed were a nation and if they were killed, they would easily be able to rob their oil. They do not consider the massacres. They do not pay any attention when a man is killed. They say those who are obstacles for our benefits should be killed. Their benefits have priority over man's life. Once, I was somewhere in which the current situation of Iran and the condition of embassies were being discussed. One who was in charge of an embassy said that he did not care if an ambassador or some other people were killed, but that the furniture of the embassy were of great importance. Their furniture was important. An official said all these. That is it, a materialist does not think of anything, but assets and wealth. They cannot realize and understand what is honor and dignity. They think that being honorable depends on furniture. They think that being honorable depends on having several palaces. They do not consider humanity at all. If they paid attention to humanity, they should have felt sorry for all those who were killed in Iran, all those clerics, intellectuals, oppressed people, women, and children. They never felt sorry for that. Well, they were not sorry, because those who were killed were obstacles in the way of reaching their objectives. But when Hoveida is killed, they express regret.

The superpowers should come and investigate, who were those who were killed in Iran. How many people, have they killed? And how many orders they have given for murdering. What a disaster they made for our nation. Our nation is decent; our nation is Islamic. Otherwise, they would have killed and robbed all these servants of the superpowers. But our nation is a nation who has Islamic training. Even those who betrayed the nation, the nation did not behave with them in the way they deserved. They came and visited the prisons in Iran and said that their conditions were satisfactory, civilized like the democratic societies; because the logic is a humane logic. A humane and Islamic logic cannot be otherwise. If we were defeated, they would have killed us all. If Hoveyda had defeated us, none of us would have been here today.

They do not know that there is some spirituality in the world; that there are some other important things in the world, except for houses, cars and like that; there are some other important things in world, except for animal-like behavior. People like Carter cannot think about these. The US senator who has condemned the executions in Iran cannot realize that, there are other issues in the world, which are more important than these animal-like behaviors. If they think about other things a bit, they will not think that in order to serve their benefits, the other countries should offer their oil, should serve them, and should kill other people upon their order. There is nothing like that in Islam. Materialistic ideas are not mentioned in Islam like this. In Islam, materialist matters depend on spirituality. Islam controls materialism and makes it spiritual. The Islamic army paid attention to spirituality before materialistic issues. They fought against materialism and the corrupt people. Investigate Islam's wars. Investigate about those whom Islam has fought against, and why In one of the Islamic wars, in which Prophet Muhammad (s) had also attended and the Battle of Hunayn, when the army of Islam defeated the enemy, Prophet Muhammad gave all the spoils of war to the enemies. Islam does not consider materialism at all. They should investigate and study the life of Prophet Muhammad (s) and Commander of the Faithful Imam `Ali (`a) to see their manner of living, even when they were the rulers of the country. Islam considers materialism as being dependent on spirituality. It is said that, the criteria has been spirituality.

Of course, those who cannot understand these things are those who can just see and realize like the animals, their view is animalistic. They cannot realize the fact that there is no need for expressing regret over the execution of Hoveyda. It is all about animalistic matters. Nations are the baits, are the victims of the United State. One, who can hunt these baits, is praised by the US Senate and one who saves the baits from being hunted is condemned by the US Senate. They cannot realize other things. They have been trained to be like this. Even those who talk about human rights cannot realize anything but materialistic issues. They cannot realize spirituality at all, so they condemn those who observe spirituality. They condemn those who defend their land, those who have executed the murderers without torturing them. Hoveyda even read newspapers when he was in prison. I was informed every now and then that his overall condition was satisfactory. If Hoveyda had imprisoned one of us, the prisoner would have been tortured. But, when a Muslim imprisons the same criminal man and executes him, Islam does not allow him to torture the prisoner. The murderer prisoner should be tried and executed. Islam does not execute an innocent man. Islam does not imprison an innocent man. Even those who are imprisoned by Islam should not be insulted or slapped.

Negative propagation is so vast abroad. They carried the news report in their dailies and magazines that Khomeini has ordered the cutting off of women's breasts, this happened just three times and the people protested. Of course, those who see that Khomeini prevents them from achieving their targets, should characteristically assassinate him. Even if I am character assassinated, the other people will follow the path. The Iranian nation does not need Khomeini. The Iranian nation needs no one. Iranian nation resists against them itself. They think that if we are killed, everything is finished and they can return to the country to rob our resources and take our oil. No, they can never do that again. All strata of the people in Iran stand against them. The academicians, the clerics, the merchants, the farmers and the laborers, all have stood against it. If any difference is created among these people, it is the conspiracy of those who have lost their benefits.

Now, I tell you that our duty is now heavier than before. Earlier, our duty was to destroy the barrier of those who were oppressing the nation. At first, they were with bayonets, which people stopped, now they are making plots to create discord among the people and we should prevent them. They intend to create differences among those who became united to defeat them. Now, our duty is to unite the people. The clerics and the academicians should be united. The farmers, merchants, and laborers should be united. If God forbid, this unity of expression be demolished, if our attention to God be decreased, then we will be defeated. And that defeat would be irreparable. We are all duty bound. I, as a cleric, all the gentlemen here, all the tribal gentlemen, all the Turk, Arab, Persian gentlemen, all those who breathe in Iran are duty bound before God. No one should say `I cannot. ' Everyone is able to do something. If one says that I cannot do any thing, he has failed to fulfill his duty. Everyone is responsible and should do something. The tribes should unite and stand against the United States. If the US becomes victorious, its targets would be the clerics, academicians, tribes, and national resources, just as before. The Iranian nation should be alert; all should be brothers and should forget the differences in unity of expression. The Iranian nation should be united to make the movement victorious. When a just Islamic government is established, they should start constructing a free, independent Iran. May God save all the tribes, all the people in Khorramabad. I wish good luck for all the people there. We are the servants of all the people. May God give them all health.