In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The victory of the Revolution, at the hands of the deprived class
through the blessings of this movement I would first like to express my appreciations for these opportunities that have been presented to you and us by bringing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the members of the judiciary under the same roof with all of us. Let us discuss the issues that must be brought up and with the help of the Almighty God, we may find a solution to the problems too. Let me first address the IRGC. We must thank these young, hard-working, and valiant men as they were among the deprived people before, and they are still among the deprived, but they have devoted themselves to the service of this country and rose against the former regime. Thea revolution happened, and it has been brought to this stage through the hands of these very people. The deprived people, men, and women, poured into the streets and by their shouts of" God is the greatest" and their clenched fists but armed with unshakable faith challenged all the devious powers. These honorable women and dear men in the former regime managed to break the satanic barrier of the foreigners and the previous regime. From now on, too, they are duty bound to keep up their struggle, as we all have to do the same.
The roots of taghouti in Iran
We have not yet reached the point where our nation and we desire to get to. That point is the establishment of a government based on justice. So far, we have only managed to get rid of some barriers to some extent. We have somehow managed to oust some of the plunderers. However, their roots are still here, and if they find the opportunity, they may gather strength and their numbers may grow large again. Of course, they are nothing now. Nevertheless, we should never underestimated enemies. We should take notice of the fact that right now there are many conspiracies brewing to prevent this movement from coming to a real fruition. They want it to fail so that they could change things back to what it was before. That is why we are now at a very critical juncture, which I think, is the most sensitive juncture in our history. Therefore, this makes every one of us, every single one of us responsible. I, as a seminary student, am responsible, you scholars in this meeting are responsible, the IRGC members are responsible, those in the judiciary are responsible, and so are all strata of people of this country. We are now at a point that if we fail to do what we have to do, that is, if I decide to leave the scene for others to do the job, the others would do the same too, and this movement would never succeed. It is time for every one of us to do what we can. A Revolutionary Guard can do what a brave person can do. Everyone should take up his share of responsibility and do what he can. Otherwise, if there are some individuals who should like to sit on the fence, others will follow suit and do the same thing too.
Efforts to reach the final destination
We are all positioned at a very critical juncture in time. In those days, before our reaching the summit of victory and removing that great barrier, we did not pay attention to any of our personal problems. It was not important for us whether we were hungry or whether we had a loan to pay. In those days, there was only one thing that mattered and that was to shout the words" God is the greatest" in order to promote the cause of Islam. There was nothing else that pre-occupied our minds. I know that every one had joined hands with each other to further the cause of the struggle, by going in front of tanks and taking many chances to further the cause of Islam and save the country. No one was concerned about his personal needs since everybody was engaged in the struggle to move ahead, from one place to another and fatigue did not have a meaning. Of course, when we reach the destination, we begin to feel the exhaustion and begin to feel lazy. We should not think that this movement, which has come so far successfully, and the success has been achieved through the unity of expression of all citizens and their faith in God, is completed and we have achieved the final victory. This misconception would lead us to weakness and laziness. When a man comes to believe that the job is finished, it is just like a caravan that has come all the way and reached the destination, and cannot go any further. You should understand that we have gone only half of the way, and we are still in the middle of our destination. There are so many important things that we have to do. The most important one is to eradicate these remaining rotten roots, which are still in this country, and through these very remaining evils many conspiracies may be hatched.
The great responsibility of the nation
Circumstances at present do not allow the evil roots to take any hostile action as the whole nation is united. However, if we show any weakness and they manage to get together, they will definitely put their conspiracies into action. Their numbers may grow and our numbers may decrease. It is possible that, God forbid, this movement faces defeat. I do submit to you brothers that if this movement fails, Iran shall never again regain its dignity and would suffer forever. Such a revolution can only take place once in a great while throughout the history of a nation. All through our long history, this was the first time that such a movement came to a triumphant end in less than two years. Should the momentum of this movement begin to slow down and lead to its coming to a standstill, the upshot translates into the fact that the Iranian nation and the future generations of this country would suffer oppression and suppression, while the country would have to be dependent of bigger powers. That is why both you young and valiant men, as well as we old timers are burdened with such a great and heavy responsibility. With your valiance and our prayer for your success, we shall be able to reach the final destination and put an end to all these chaotic conditions, stop the rotten remainders of the past from gathering their strength and prevent them from coming to power again, and with the help of the Almighty God we will stop them.
The need for the promotion of spiritual values
What I do expect of all you Revolutionary Guards and your friends is to make sure you safeguard the delicate Islamic values. If we protect and adhere to the spiritualistic values of Islam one single person will then be equivalent to hundreds of men. Malik Ashtar «1» was not one single person; he meant more than a whole army to Islam. The Commander of the Faithful, may God's peace be upon him, was not a single person. His person could be translated into a whole world. He was everything because of fathomless spiritualism in his person. As long as a man is only concerned with the worldly material goods, he will always stay alone and by himself, and no more than an animal! We do share these traits with animals as we all eat and we all sleep. What distinguishes man, you and we from animals, are those potential traits that only human beings are privileged with, and these potentials must be translated into actualities. These are the divine spiritualistic traits in man and must be developed all the time. It is then that a single one among you would turn into an army and then you are not a single person anymore. One human becomes humans and a single drop grows into a sea.
Abiding by the law and order
What I would like to submit to you now and through you to all the Revolutionary Guards, whom I pray for and shall stay at their service, is that you should make sure that you never accord any maltreatment to those whom you may suspect to be in violation of some laws. That is to say if those armed forces should disregard their status, they would not be able to do anything, and if subordinates do not obey the orders of their superiors, there would only be chaos, and no uniformity would come about. If the Revolutionary Guards should decide not to take the orders of their supervisors or the centers that issue orders and do as they please, there would be a great disunity. Therefore, both the Revolutionary Guards and all other law enforcement agencies would become separated and disunited. However, if a system follows a special order, then progress would be made. Disunity only brings about tugs of war. When the principle is set on disunity, not a finger can be lifted to achieve anything. What you have done so far has been to please the Almighty God. So, keep up your unity and promote orderly manners by obeying your superiors' orders and putting those orders into effect.
What I would like to bring to your attention is the fact that if you should find someone guilty in the police force or gendarmerie or in the army, you are not to go and refer to that person on your accord and arrest him for his alleged crime. If you do this, the police force, the gendarmerie or the army, for that matter, would be weakened and demoralized. This is dangerous for you just to arrest someone accused of some crime and hand him over to some organization. If you have made sure that someone is guilty of some crime, you should refer to his superiors and not pull him away from his place of duty, because it is against the Islamic regulations. You should make sure that all due considerations have been observed according to the regulations for the armed forces, until, God willing we have got rid of all those remaining rotten remnant of the past, and you can achieve your accomplishments. Islam and Islamic tenets must be realized as truly as they are.
The vital need for changes in the justice department and administrative organizations of the country
As to other issues, I would like to refer to what this gentleman, who is presently at the justice department just stated. We do have some major and tangible problems, and there are others that have arisen because of what the former regime had done. The biggest major problem that we have is to unite and eradicate the remaining evil forces that are beginning to make a debut. The conspiracies that are being made by the domestic and foreign agents, shall become unified and would find some followers, as they are trying hard to make their numbers proliferate, but we must stop them. All our forces must now unite. It does not matter whether they are called the IRGC, the gendarmerie, the army or the police forces or the forces of the people for that matter. They must act in unison. They must join hands and relish the same objectives, just like before the revolution. At that time, everybody wanted to get rid of the monarchy and the monarch was deposed. Now, you must all be united too and follow the same goal. The goal is to weed out the remaining troublemakers. When this latter job has been accomplished, then we can start on the road to reconstructing the country. I hope you do not think that it is only the justice department that has to be changed. The culture of the people must go through changes too as everything has fallen apart. All these things need to be changed. Our justice department today is suffering from the taghouti policies of the past. Actually, the same goes for our culture, and almost everything else. We are to start solving these problems after we have solved our main problem. Now, if we decide that we should forget what the real problem is and start haggling over trivial issues, then God forbid, those remaining evil ones will find the chance that they need to grow back in full. Should this happen, we would end up exactly where we started before and even much worse off. The present opportunity is a blessing, which lets me, a seminary student, to sit down with you and have such talks. We were deprived of such opportunities before. Military, IRGC, police, and clergy all get together, sit down, and have sincere talks with one another.
The major task, to eradicate the lackeys of the taghouti regime
The freedom that we have achieved is a great blessing to all of us, and we must appreciate it. We must all do our best to safeguard the blessing that the Almighty God has bestowed upon us. We should thank God and safeguard all blessing we have thus been privileged with, and try to move ahead to push this movement ahead together until we reach the final destination. When an independent government and a parliament are established all the difficulties that this gentleman «2» has listed and everybody agrees with them, as they are perfectly correct, should be resolved. Do not you think that problems are only in the justice department? We have enormous problems of similar natures everywhere. However, it is just as if we have had an earthquake, and I decide to sit down and catch up with my readings, or, yet the gentleman also decides to say his prayer, or you want to go on with your business at such a crucial time. This is not the right approach. At such a hypothetical juncture, everybody must do his best to help the victims of the disaster. Neither you nor I can exempt ourselves from such a duty. This is not the correct approach to resolving these terribly difficult problems. We cannot just be concerned with what is bothering us. We must now do our best to help the whole society and do what is right for the country. We must do what Islam requires us to do. When we have put this behind us, then, of course, there is enough time to see to other problems. Our agriculture, our administrative system as well as our justice department and our culture are all afflicted with various problems of different natures. These thorny issues must naturally be addressed. But, right now we must endeavor to do what is in the interest of the whole country, just like what we are expected to do in the aftermath of a disaster such as an earthquake. Now, our most important job is to eradicate the evil roots of the former regime lest they may regroup and decide to conspire against us. I pray that the Almighty God may always be with you so that we may be able to accomplish such a great duty and with his blessing, we may uproot the remainders of these evil ones.
May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you!