In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The great responsibility of the Guard Corps
I hope that all of us remain the soldiers of Islam, and listen to the commandments of God, the Blessed and Exalted. I hope that just as you revolutionary guards are now the guardians of Islam; guardians of the Islamic Republic, you are also guardians of your own selves. Today, in the post of revolutionary guard of the Islamic Republic, you have a large amount and great honor as well as a great responsibility. But honor because of being in the service of Islam and serving the religion of noble Islam; and responsibility because you who are living for Islam and are the soldiers of Islam such that you must be Islamic in all respects. God forbid, should there be any injustice done to the people by the soldiers of Islam, something unpleasant takes place, something abominable happens- this will be attributed to Islam. In the taghouti regime, whatever was done by the Secret Security Organization employees and others and the disciplinary forces was attributed to the taghouti regime. Today that regime is gone and the government is Islamic; you also are the guard corps of the Islamic government. If, God forbid, something unpleasant or a harsh reaction from some of your youthful members occurs, that for instance, the people find it distasteful, now they shall no longer say taghouti regime; they shall say that these issues exist in the Islamic government, too. They shall not say that such a person has done it; they shall say that the revolutionary guards do these things. If a revolutionary guard takes a single wrong step, they shall say that the revolutionary guards are like this such that if a clergyman takes a wrong step, they shall say that the clerics are in this fashion. This is a great responsibility on us and you. It is for us because we associate ourselves to Islam; and we too just like you, are the guardians of Islam, God willing. It is for you because you also are now the guardians of Islam. Be very careful to behave correctly; be brotherly with the people.
The taghouti regime and the Islamic government
The difference between the taghouti regime and an Islamic government is that in the taghouti regime the people were alienated from the disciplinary forces- each of them was facing the other. The nation would subvert the government system to the extent that it could while the government would do all it could for its own gains and to pressurize the people. But in an Islamic government, the government and the people are not segregated from each other; they are together; they are friends and brothers. Be brotherly with the people; all the disciplinary forces- that now you also are a part of that force- must be in the service of the people. The people should feel that you are serving them. When this feeling takes over, the people will behave in a brotherly manner with you; they shall pray for you; they shall support you.
In those regimes, at the sound of a disturbance, they all left their posts and joined the nation because their job back then was a wicked job. The nation was also not supportive of them. They themselves had decayed from within. But in the Islamic government the job is a divine job; and the soldier is a soldier of God and is powerful such that at the advent of Islam, a small band earned those great conquests and victories; they defeated Iran and Byzantine. You, too, by the grace of God, with a strong spirit and faith in God defeated the taghouti regime. You overpower the taghout that is within you. It is important that you defeat that taghout.
I hope that, God willing, you travel this path with health and happiness and under the leadership of the Imam of the Time and carry this movement to its conclusion which is an Islamic government with Islamic substances such that wherever a human being sets his foot, he sees that it is Islamic. May God grant all of you success.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.