Speech [Injection of spirit of frustration of the revolution - by the enemies' achievement of the revolution]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I am glad to see you dear athletes who are backbones of the nation. I pray for you, for all people and for athletes who command physical and hopefully spiritual strength. Of course, there are some problems, which are inevitable after any revolution. These are not however, problems that we cannot overcome. It needs time to mend and resolve the problems but the people must know that after overthrow of taghout, the power, which sought everything for its own and plundered our wealth and resources for themselves or their masters, now the country is in your hands and it is for you. The residents of every region, village or city must endeavor to renovate their region. Re-establishment of this country ruined during 50 years is impossible unless people join hands.

Now there are some elements that work to disappoint people by their pens, tongues or hands. They aggrandize the difficulties and spur feeling of discouragement among the youth and all other groups of people. If the spirit of discouragement emerges in society, it ends up in instability; therefore; it cannot achieve victory. Due to psychological recognition, they discern that the nation must be disappointed, so they badger all the time in spite of all the works that have been done. By publicity and propaganda, they are attempting to say nothing has been changed. This is aimed at your despondency. This is inspired in them by devils that such big power was succumbed by the nation's family-rooted resolution while they were barehanded. They removed all obstacles by the unity of expression and firm belief in God. Getting that how strong you are, they dismayed that their extortion would be discontinued and so what they had to do? They began to poison on every direction. Engaging in sabotage overtly in Kurdistan, Khouzestan, and now blatantly they are busy with corruption and inexpediency. As you know they recently committed a crime and martyred some of our soldiers and committed a second one as you mentioned and martyred the deceased Mir Qadi Tabataba'i- may God bless him- a friend of mine, gone to jails, campaigned a lot and been in exiles. They are assassinating these people one after another to disappoint you. They begin to propagandize whenever they cannot involve in obviously.

Everyday I visit a group of people coming here complaining that nothing has been done in their region and that there is no advancement.

As for this matter, I beg to say that this revolution is born for nearly 8 months. What are we to earn in eight-month long post victory? What has been achieved and then complain about those not attained. The writers have a no attention toward things done. In fact, they do, but in order to create despondency among people, they fail to make any mention of the achievements. Continuously they ask for something that must be done in the future and interruptedly they cast them in people's teeth. They are reporting none of services. Perpetually they ask what you have done! Now, I beg you it has been corroborated by people that robbers are ousted from country. Those who pillaged our wealth and sent out our oil, gas and other resources and got poultry sum in return just for themselves not the nation. Well, one can claim that Muhammad-Rida is still engaged in working sabotage and that America still has military advisors in Iran who are devouring and stealing our belongings. Such a feast has no precedence in the world that a nation can make a country out of the United State's throat without any war. No one ever mentions this affair. Can they claim that these things do not come true? They cannot claim. They do not allude to the status quo in which the country is in our hands. Could you, five years ago, come here and visit me as freely as you do today? If such gathering had come out clandestinely, was there any destiny except death? Well, is this not a blessing for us that now after a long time we can sit in this meeting and speak about the affairs of our country? These things have happened but they do not report them and just ask what this revolution has done. What has Islamic Revolution done?

This Islamic Revolution is different from other victories because it is Islamic.

One difference is in other revolutions or coups and the coup staged recently somewhere I do not remember, all press, factions and meetings were inhabited and during revolutions, sometimes one or two millions are killed. Human massacre follows revolutions. However, since this revolution is Islamic, it is not engaged in massacre or other things, and because this was the nation that prevailed, the Islamic nation and in the name of Islam. After the revolution, neither meetings and factions nor press were banned. It was observed after some months, that some groups have conspired and they are doing so these days. Some others received funds from abroad and plotted against us. Some magazines in this way and some press on that way did so and they wanted to corrupt people, but the court restrained them. However, those not involved in conspiring are in their own place continuing with their work and so are fractions. Besides, all doors of country are open.

Due to Islam and Islamic Revolution, we have the great blessing of freedom. Do not fear any longer that one from Amnesty International comes at night looking for an excuse to capture and imprison you without anybody knowing where you are. How many youths were kept in confinement and we received no news from them? According to available information, there are so many in numbers of our brave youth who were killed. But there is no news about any others. When they sallied forth, they captured so many and put them in the helicopter or something like that and threw down them from above into the sea. Do we still suffer from such brutalities is this relief not the result of the influence of revolution? These unfair people are saying that revolution took place and nothing has been happened, are they out of their sight? Are they blind? Are they or traitors but wink at it? They are nagging at difficulties; such as I do not know, like electricity or water and so on. Well, firstly I want to ask whether they are resultants of revolution or they were like this from incipient stage; whether or not those who have not paving, indoor plumbing, medical centers or baths, are these as results of revolution. Are they things of the past? When we ask how long you do not have paving. People answer we never had it? They tell the truth. Well, they did nothing and left the country while it was ruined. And this havoc is not pertinent to revolution but you say that revolution is responsible for it. All of you started revolution and it is your own. The country belongs to you all. The entire people must join. Do not sit and expect that just the government do the job alone. Some areas are serviced and some are coming here to inform us of what have been done. How many domiciles are made, how many homes are built for the oppressed, how many roads are paved, how many lands are harvested and how these Reconstruction Jihad people served. They regard these as nothing and achievement does not make any mention of them. The day before yesterday, some from Qum Reconstruction Jihad came to me and said all Qum deficiencies afflicting areas surrounding Qum had been removed and that everything was O.K. How many baths, paving, let me say, how many so and so, have been mad but they never mention.

This is a blessing of the revolution that people cooperate and this sense is aroused among the people that they must assist and cooperate and this is a blessing of revolution. They fail to project these achievements. However, they aggrandize that, let us suppose, so and so are in dept or similar problems. They complain of their debts not having been paid after the victory. Is the revolution, to pay their debts? Yet their debts will be paid if they can.

But all these naggings aim to dismay the youth. If they do so they can impede the progress of this revolution. They attempt to make the youth disappointed. They belittle the numerous services rendered to the country. The above-mentioned services are in pinnacle. Ousting robbers from our country is the greatest service and this is because of the revolution. Nothing has been done, what does it mean? Do they claim we still have security organization? Do we have Oveysi «1» or I do not know his like? Are Nasiri «2» or other instances still in power? Well, all of them are gone and who does this? The people do this for the sake of the Islamic revolution. This revolution did all this. Both people and the government are engaged in reconstruction efforts. Some from Reconstruction Jihad go to help people. When I see on TV, I become so glad seeing their high spirit. Of course, these bodily weak- women cannot go and harvest a big land but their presence encourages their owners to work doubly. Entering of doctors and engineers into a place and engaging in the works results in involving of inhabitants to work fast. Nevertheless, these unfair people want to terrify you and create disappointing sense in order to stop you working nagging that nothing has been done. Publicizing has influence on man. Well, and advertising, continuous publicizing cause people to forget things done.

Be robust as you are. You are athletes and athletes are powerful and believer. Repose your trust in God and never dread of what they say. Be alert us this country is your own and you safeguard your own country. You must uphold your country because it belongs to you.

Those who make hue and cries should either be ignored or given a punch in their mouth so that the country could find peace. Then peacefully can we proceed towards the ultimate reconstruction? As long as the country is in unrest and riot and the slander of the former regime and their servants are busy to throw us into confusion, reconstruction will be impracticable. Without tranquility there will be no construction. In a disturbed city, paving or building is impossible. It is not unless there is peace. I hope you march forward by your physical and spiritual power and never be frustrated because despair is from army of Satan. Move forward and never admit yourselves to disappointment. Be hopeful. God, the Exalted, is your backing. And your country is the country of Imam of the Time (`a). God willing, you will be triumphant. May God preserve you, athletes and the resident of Qazvin as they have religious record!