In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The obstructionism of the suspicious opportunists
I know that this movement and Revolution had made good headway until the regime folded up and the oppressive establishment collapsed. But after this progress and the ensuing freedom and end to the suppression, some people who were opportunists swarmed into Iran from all sides and, taking over the affairs by various means, are not allowing the work to proceed in an Islamic manner. I am aware of this. It is not limited to the oil company. These problems exist everywhere, and the people are those same impious ones. In fact, many of them belonged to the former regime and have not been purged; they are still there. But the gentlemen should now wait a bit until these initial stages are passed, after which the purges- proper purges- will be carried out.
We want a country that is Islamic. The people that run this country should have faith in Islam which should constitute the basis of their actions; not the people who do not care much about Islam. Such people ought to be purged. But we have kept this matter in abeyance for the time being in the interests of the country. And while I know that certain people are incompetent- and in the case of the oil company, too, I have been informed that the affairs are being run based on certain connections- yet I have maintained silence on the matter in order to have our main problems solved at the present time. And after these main problems have been taken care of, these other matters (of the incompetent people) are easy; they are not very difficult. They will be purged within a day. The big ones and the inconsequential ones will be purged. I am hopeful that, God willing, the thing we want, an Islamic government in the full sense of the word [...] not Islam only in name and taghouti in action! The word" Islam" is there in certain places at present; it is just called Islam.
The penetration of undesirable elements in Islamic and revolutionary circles
Those who have no faith in Islam mention the word" Islam" nonetheless, because they know that Islam has patrons now. They are people who are after finding patrons- the patrons in the days of the taghout (the ex-Shah). They used to mention his name. Now that Islam is there, they are mentioning its name. It has made no difference; both are patrons. They seek a patron in order to change themselves to suit that patron, whoever he may be. It is not that we do not pay heed to their being so- it is not known whether some of them really believe in Islam, while others do not- but at present it is necessary for the good of the country that this thing be set up: a government, the interim government be changed to an established one, a Majlis be formed made up of people that care for the nation. I hope we would be able to guide the people, God willing, as to what type of individuals they should send to the Majlis. Following the formation of a national-Islamic Majlis, these problems would find solution. It is for this purpose that I have kept silent regarding many individuals whom I know are not decent people. I hope that, God willing, all of you will successfully serve this country. And until Islam is instituted, the service will not be meaningful. I expect the people who have no regard for Islam not to be traitors to it. Do not ever be treacherous to it. They are looking for a way to attain their own aims. They will adopt any way that they find, any day.
The harm arising from cliques and groupings
I hope that everybody, all the ranks of the people keep Islam in mind. They should cease having these differences and these problems that are all injurious to our country, harmful to our people and to Islam. They should not form groups. Forming into groups causes delays in the affairs. Some people gathered in groups and formed factions. We disbanded these and brought all of them together to form a big power that defeated those superpowers. The gentlemen have now returned to form groups; this group and that group. A group springs up everyday! Though their numbers are not much, their demands are many! They have neither authenticity nor any program; they are nothing. But the number of those sundry groups and parties is harmful enough to our country. We want all these groups to form into one group, an Islamic group that would prove useful to this country, that would serve it and rectify all this disorder and repair the devastation. These differences, this formation of groups will not let the rectification to take place, the government to do its work and the people to attend to theirs. They keep on inviting the people to join this group or that. These are mistakes that possibly not because of any ulterior motives, but their understanding, however, is not up to much; their intelligence is not much. They have no political acumen! If they had political perception, this would not have been the time for them to keep on forming various groups; this group, that group, this party and that party, with everybody forming something and gathering people around oneself. Though their numbers are not much, yet it is harmful...
May God awaken everyone, and may all the people keep the interests of the country in mind. May we, God willing, succeed in solving all these problems. But rest assured that they cannot return to do something here. The matter is over and done with! May God give you success. May you be triumphant, God willing.