Speech [The need to establish the party of the oppressed; warning to the corrupt and conspiring parties and groups]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I thank these nations and governments that responded positively to this Islamic call and said" yes" to this call of Islam; and I seek health and endorsement for all from the Almighty God.

Quds Day is an Islamic day and an Islamic general mobilization day. I hope that this theme is a precursor to the formation of the" Party of the Oppressed" throughout the world. And I hope that a party named" Party of the Oppressed" comes into being throughout the world and all the oppressed have a say in this party; and the problems that are present in the path of the oppressed are removed; and they rise up against the oppressors and the plunderers of both the East and the West; and no longer permit the oppressors to oppress the downtrodden of the world; and the call of Islam and the promise of Islam which is the rule of the oppressed over the oppressors and" inheritance of the earth" that is for the oppressed, be realized. Until now, the oppressed were disunited and with disunity, nothing can be achieved. Now that a specimen of the bond of the oppressed has been realized in a Muslim homeland, this specimen must be realized at a more extensive level throughout the strata of human beings in history; and by the name of" Party of the Oppressed" which is the same as Hizbullah [Party of God], and which is in agreement with the will of God, the Blessed and Exalted, the oppressed must become the inheritors of the earth. We call upon all the oppressed of the world to join together in the" Party of the Oppressed" and solve their problems collectively and with a firm common resolution; and any problem that occurs in any place and among any nation be settled by means of the" Party of the Oppressed".

With utmost regret, I must say that one mistake was committed by the governments and nations of Islam, especially the Arab governments and nations while one mistake was also committed by Iran. The mistake that all the Muslims especially the Arab governments and nations committed was to give a respite to Israel; and the personal rivalries of the governments prevented the stifling of the voice of Israel from the very beginning and not to allow it to become powerful. And unfortunately, rivalries prevented them from heeding our advices that we cried out in the course of twenty years or slightly lesser and called upon them to unite against Israel. They gave them a break until now that its oppressive hands have been extended and it has set South Lebanon on fire and it wants to push back Palestine; and we have repeatedly said that Israel- this source of corruption- will not be content with Jerusalem, with Quds. And if it is given a break it shall endanger all the Muslim governments. The past mistakes must be made up by way of unity of the Muslims and formation of the" Party of the Oppressed" against the oppressors- that is headed by the criminal America and its extremely immoral servant which is Israel. This was the mistake of the Muslim governments especially the Arabs and they must compensate for it; and they must seek forgiveness in the Presence of God, the Blessed and Exalted.

But the mistake that we made was that we did not act in a revolutionary manner and gave respite to these corrupt strata; and the revolutionary government, and the revolutionary armed forces and the revolutionary Guard Corps- none of them acted in a revolutionary manner and were not revolutionary. If right at the beginning when we defeated the corrupt regime and demolished this extremely immoral barrier, we had acted in a revolutionary manner; broken the pens of all the publications and had shut down all the corrupt magazines and publications; and prosecuted their heads; and had banned all the corrupt parties and had given their heads their due punishments; and had set up gallows in the major squares and had exterminated the corrupt and the immoral, we would not have to face these troubles. I seek forgiveness in the Presence of God, the Blessed and Exalted, and in the presence of the beloved people; I beg forgiveness for my own mistake. We were not a revolutionary people; our government is not a revolutionary government; our military is not revolutionary; our gendarmerie is not revolutionary; our disciplinary forces are not revolutionary; our Guard Corps is also not revolutionary; I too am not a revolutionary. If we had been revolutionary, we would not have allowed these people to assert themselves. We would have banned all the parties. We would have banned all the" fronts" except a single party and that is" Hizbullah"- the Party of the Oppressed.

And I repent for this mistake that I made; and I declare to these corrupt strata that if they do not sit in their places, we shall act in a revolutionary manner with them. Our Master, the Commander of the Faithful (`a) - that exemplary man of the world, that perfect man in every sense of the term, that man who worshipped in that manner, who was pious and virtuous in that manner and in mercy and kindness was in that manner, and behaved with the oppressed in that manner- when with the oppressors and the conspirators, he would unsheathe his sword and kill. It has been narrated that he slaughtered seven-hundred people in a single day from the Jews of the tribe of Bani Quraydah who were like the Israelis, and perhaps these people descended from them! God, the Blessed and Exalted, is merciful when it comes to forgiveness and compassion. And when it comes to revenge, He is revengeful. The Imam of the Muslims was also such; in times of mercy, he was merciful; in times of revenge, he was revengeful. We are not afraid if they write something in the newspapers of the former era or the newspapers outside of Iran. We do not wish to earn respect in Iran, in, in foreign countries. We want to act upon the commandments of God- and we will.

" They are hard with the disbelievers and compassionate among themselves." «2» These plotters are in the same league as the disbelievers. These plotters in Kurdistan and other places are in the same league as the disbelievers; they should be dealt with severely. The government should deal with them with severity; the gendarmerie should deal with them with severity; the armed forces should deal with them with severity. If they do not deal with them severely, we shall deal with them with severity. We shall deal with these people who act leniently with severity if they act leniently. There is a limit to leniency; trying to earn their respect has a limit to it. We will not allow the interests of the Muslims to be jeopardized by these matters. The public prosecutor has a duty to confiscate all the magazines that are in conflict with the objective of the nation and are subversive; and their writers should be summoned to the courts and be prosecuted. He has a duty to summon the subversive elements and call them" party"; to summon their leaders and prosecute them. We shall again give these corrupt strata a break for some time; and this is a last warning that if they do not reform themselves and not return to the fold of the nation and not avoid subversion, God knows that I shall act revolutionarily with them. I shall come to Tehran and act revolutionarily with those that show leniency to them. The cadres of the military that do not obey their superiors and do not do what is asked of them must know that if I come, I shall act revolutionarily with them. Put aside excuses! Go and suppress the corrupt; go and suppress the subversive elements; do not be lenient! The government should not be lenient, the military should not be lenient; the gendarmeries should not be lenient; the Guard Corps should not be lenient.

Once again I ask all the strata of the nation, all the enlightened intellectuals, all the parties, all the societies and groups- groups that unfortunately sprouted more than two-hundred so far- that your path should be the path of the nation and the path of Islam; join the people; your welfare lies in your joining hands with the people. If, God forbid, this movement is driven back; you too will be sacrificed for your own lapses. But our movement shall not be driven back and our movement shall march forward; and the rest of the nations must learn from our movement; governments must take lessons from our former government and the fate that has befallen them.

The nation of Afghanistan must take lessons from Iran; and these corrupt rulers- who are butchering the people- should be put in their rightful place. The armed forces of Afghanistan must join with the people. It is a commandment of Islam. The government offices of Afghanistan must join the nation in the same way that our offices joined the nation. The gendarmerie of that country should link with the nation and remove this corrupt man «3» from power. We hope that with unity of expression, the problems of Islam, the problems of Palestine and the problems of Afghanistan are solved.

I pray to God, the Blessed and Exalted, for the health and success of the Muslims. And I implore God, the Blessed and Exalted, to cause the oppressed to prevail over the oppressors and grant them the favor of becoming the inheritors of the earth.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.