Message [Council of Experts; duties of the preachers; warning to the press and the danger of Zionism]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
With the coming of the auspicious month of Ramadan, the month of worship and self-development, the month of rejuvenation of spiritual strength, the greatest month of Allah in which the affairs of all the Muslims in a single row are drawn to the status of the infinite power and are geared to face the power of taghout, it is necessary that with the power of monotheism and the power of unity they arise against the taghouti of the contemporary era and the international plunderers and defend the Muslim countries, and shorten the reach of traitors and sever their hopes.
At present the entire Muslims and the oppressed especially in the beloved Iran and Lebanon have sensitive situations ahead of them. Iran is faced with saboteurs affiliated to the former regime and deviant ideologies and International Zionism; and Lebanon and Palestine are faced with Israel- the enemy of Islam and the Muslims and the corrupt human-devourer.
At present, our brethren in Palestine and Lebanon are suffering from the inhuman aggressions of Israel. If, God forbid, Israel attains victory in that arena, the extent of its aggressions will spread to the rest of the countries as well. You are kindly requested to pray together in the congregations of the blessed month of Ramadan for the Palestinian and Lebanese brothers.
The majority of the Arab countries is sitting aside and is spectators of the battlefield. Unaware that the aggressive Israel shall not be content with Lebanon, and if it emerges victorious from this battlefield, the extent of its aggression will also spread to the rest of the countries.
On the onset of the blessed month of Ramadan, it is necessary that I remind you about certain matters:
1. It is necessary that at this sensitive moment when we need to have Islamic gatherings more than ever before, our Muslim nation should go to the mosques throughout the homeland and to keep alive the movement by way of the mosques which are invincible fortresses of Islam; and by means of Islamic slogans, carry forward the movement.
2. Respected preachers and sermonizers must call upon the people to the unity of expression, continuation of the movement, piety, and revolutionary patience, and to warn the people of discord and difference- the basis of defeat and backwardness- and by reminding them of the struggle of the Doyen of the Oppressed and the tragedies that befell His Holiness, call upon the nation to engage in the struggle until the final victory and achievement of an Islamic rule in all its aspects. Reminding of the tragedies and struggles of the strugglers during the advent of Islam today and until eternity shall keep alive the flames of Islam.
3. It is necessary for the distinguished `ulama' throughout the homeland from the capital to the remotest provinces and provincial towns to cooperate toward the attainment of the Islamic objective and in the unity of expression for the elections to the Council of Experts. And all must have common candidates; and each one or each neighborhood must not have separate candidates for in this dispersal there is the danger of defeat and setback of Islam and its progressive teachings.
Today, as you are observing, groups that were not united with each other have united on this issue and fielded joint candidates. I have a fear that you become disunited and others overtake you. It is necessary that on this crucial issue, in the interest of Islam, you desist from pursuing other objectives and all the `ulama' and the strata that are attached to Islam, especially the zealous Islamic youth unite in nominating the experts. In this case, the Almighty God is with you. I expect to hear and read in the press in the next few days the common candidates nominated by all the `ulama' of the homeland and those devoted to Islam. I beseech God, the Exalted, for the power of Islam and its followers.
4. In the gatherings of the blessed month of Ramadan, it would be proper that we pray collectively for the Palestinian and Lebanese brothers who are suffering at the hands of the global plunderers; and they are commemorated in the demonstrations.
5. With the backing of the great Muslim nation and from a position of strength, I would like to warn the ill-wishers of the Islamic movement and the conspirators of the right and the left to refrain from decadence and conspiracy and to join the nation in the interests of the country; and to shun discord and serving the foreigners, and not be under the impression that with these ignorant moves, you can thwart the nation from its chosen path. I also strictly give the same warning to the publications and mass media that freedom is other than conspiracy. Conspiracies that are contrary to the lofty objectives of Islam and the country shall be dealt with sternly. In case of sensing serious danger, I shall put forward the issue to the nation so that the courageous nation itself takes the necessary decision- so far it has acted decisively on various issues- and I shall settle the issue.
6. I have repeatedly announced to the Islamic brethren in all countries and especially to the Arab brothers and the great Arab nation who are the pioneers of Islam, of the great danger of foreigners and especially of Zionism. It is necessary that in the month of Ramadan- which is the month of Islamic congregations- the pious believers raise the curtain on the conspiracies of the monster global plunderer and expose the dangers of this enemy of mankind at public gatherings.
7. It is necessary that the prominent intellectuals of the world of Islam are invited here in order to explain the various dimensions of the Great Revolution of Islamic Iran and to evaluate the blows it has dealt to the body of the international plunderers so that the negative propaganda of the enemies of our Islamic Revolution is negated. I beseech God, the Exalted, for the glory of Islam and the Muslim countries. May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Sha`ban 30,1399 AH