In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
I do extend my congratulations on the occasion of the glorious birthday of the Imam of the ummah, «1» the essence of the creation and the inheritor of the prophethood, the Master of the Age (may Allah expedite his glorious advent) to all the Muslims and the oppressed people. Last year, during such a time and on the occasion of the afflicted calamities to Islam and the Muslims, the blessed festivity was made a holiday. However, the agents of the monarchial regime tried to stop the people from observing the Islamic ceremonies in the name of Islamic interests. Thanks to God, they did not succeed. But this year, the joint celebrations were observed with utmost glory and the grand religious ceremonies were a devastating blow on the face of the malevolent and with such a historical epic disappointed the scum of the previous regime and the agents of the East and West, and proved invalid their spider web plans. These rotten roots should know that their desperate moves would result in nothing but their own infamy and that of their criminal lords. And it was our epic-making nation, which with bare hands and their only power of faith, buried the satanic powers and will bury those rotten roots. I warn those perverts, who have face-to-face confrontation with the nation and are engaged in destructive moves in favor of the foreigners in different shapes and forms. Before it is too late and their crimes and treasons are proved, rank with the dense lines of people. Fear His Most Exalted's day of revenge that will be carried on at the potent hands of the nation.
I now express my gratitude for the high ambitions of the great nation of Iran from the beginning of the great Islamic movement to the glorious observance of the blessed celebration of the auspicious birthday anniversary of the Eminent Wali Allah (may our souls be ransomed for him). I deem it necessary, by way of reminding, to point out the following:
1. Time and again I have reminded that we must build an Iran that is able, with no dependence on America, the Soviet Union and Britain- these international world devourers- to take into its own hands its political, military, cultural and economic independence, and be self-sufficient and show its genuine identity. Alas! There are still some intellectuals who are unable to abandon the East and the West and have set these two as their sources of imitation. We hope that, with the dominated Islamic cultural change, this self-preoccupied group, which has renounced old friends, will come to its sense and perceive its origin and rid itself of dependency.
2. All those who have been accused of wrongdoings in the previous regime will be forgiven. This will exclude those who have committed murder, have ordered such a murder, or have tortured our revolutionary prisoners. The recognition of the abovementioned crimes should be undertaken by a group of individuals faithful to the Islamic Revolution.
3. The protection of the independence and security as well as the survival of the political, social and economic aspects of any nation are dependent, directly or indirectly, on its forces of law and order, to include its army, gendarmerie and police. In our country that is in a state of revolution, beside the forces of law and order, the (Revolutionary) Guards exist and are protecting the Revolution. The respected nation should, with its full force, protect this active security force and not withhold its protection, for this force is in the service of Islam and is counted as one of the Islamic armies. Concerning them, our Master the Commander of the Faithful, stated:" The armies are, by the commands of Allah, a fortress and stronghold to guard and defend the subjects and the State. They are the ornaments of the ruler and the country. They provide power and protection to the religion. They propagate and preserve peace among mankind. In fact, they are the real guardians of peace and through them good internal administration can be maintained." «2»
And since this security force- that is in the service of the Creator and the creation- should live on with a strong soldierly morale, and since under their present situation, they are considered the soldiers of Islam, they are subject to the favor of the Master of the Age (may Allah expedite his advent); the three branches of the government are subject to pardon, and I and the honorable nation of Iran have hereby pardoned them- of course, the exceptions under Article 2 are applicable here as well. However, unless their crime is proven by religious rules and injunctions, no one has the right to disturb them. Those accused of the crimes not pardoned should be handed to the revolutionary court through the army, gendarmerie or the police with others having no right whatsoever to disturb the accused.
4. Since the combatant nation has already found the secret of victory and has, through its alertness, perceived that general mobilization began from the divine strongholds of mosques, the pulpits, and other religious centers, it is essential to safeguard the Islamic strongholds and during this critical and decisive juncture, which also coincides with the holy month of Ramadan, the gatherings in the mosques and other religious centers should be assembled on a wider scale and more gloriously. And the people of the pulpit and the esteemed orators are to raise creativeness and bring to light and neutralize the plots of the traitors and the cronies of the foreigners and protect the great Islamic movement and move forward. And through their gatherings the honorable people are to act upon the curtailment of the greedy and sponging foreigners.
5. It is essential for the nation to know that we are halfway on the road to victory and the final victory would be at a time when the rotten roots of the previous regime and its supporters are uprooted and the covetous claws of the plunderers are pulled out of the country. And the Islamic Republic will be realized only when its contents are hundred percent Islamic, the decrees of the Qur'an and those of Almighty God's are enforced across the country to be completely void of the taghouti-deviated laws, and the perverted elements are made despondent to pursue their conspiracy. By the will of God Almighty and the high aspiration of the people, this will be fulfilled and God Almighty is on your side.
6. Among the things that are probable to be a conspiracy for weakening the Islamic government are the written works that are distributed to the people and later appear in the media. These cover improper criticisms of the government and try to give the nation a bad picture of the government. Our friends are ignorant of such conspiracy while our enemies wait in ambush. I am not saying that the government is a successful government one hundred percent. What I do say is that the government is willing to serve and tries to render service. But the acts of sabotage are so abundant that they are not repairable instantaneously. Inappropriate criticisms are an abuse of freedom. Those who have an interest in the country and Islam are to guide the government on proper instances and give it their support. They should not be influenced by the enemies' propaganda and not to weaken the Islamic serving government.
7. What worries me is the fact that our nation is like a victorious army that is full of pride following a victory and starts to rotten and faces discord from within. And our adversary is like a defeated army, that is calculatedly and through conspiracy, consistently mobilizing its forces. This is contrary to the situation before our victory and is eventually going to be shocking. I strongly and humbly want all the religious and national strata, the Islam-lovers, the nation, and the country, to return to the kind of steadfastness that they enjoyed prior to the victory and refrain from (sowing) discord and divide into rival groups themselves at this critical moment. Such discords are suicidal and could, God forbid, push the movement backward.
My dear friends! Today, all that we have are in danger; they are in danger because of our ignorance and divisive friends who act on behalf of conspiratorial enemies. Wake up! The preservation of victory and the movement is more critical than its origin. I pray to the Almighty God for the glory of Islam and the Muslims.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.