Speech [American plots and animosities against Iran]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

One of the problems we encounter is the conspirators' ill use of feelings of our young adults. These conspirators who saw were defeated and unable to fight against our people because they have stood against them hand in hand and moving ahead, have now thought out to taking advantage of the pure feelings of our youth, while our young adults are heedless of this plot.

Among the misuses is to inculcate the idea that the revolution did not bring about any change for the better. These conspirators are spreading this across the country through their propaganda machinery aimed to deflect our youth from the path they have traversed. Our youths on whom we rely and who are pure-hearted do not unfortunately calculate how to deal with the plotters. They argue that the revolution was accomplished but no change for the better came about. Right, you should reply what goals the nation sought and see if they have been achieved or not? We should take a few steps backward to see if the aims have been achieved.

Let us see what our nation both women and young adults who took to the streets cried. Has what they called for been achieved or not? That which was vociferously cried across the country in the streets, at schools and everywhere was" independence, freedom, Islamic Republic. These three slogans were on the tongue of all. That day they sought no other thing but overthrow of the regime and converting it to another regime. People sought freedom after fifty years if not saying 2500 years of suffocation. They cried for independence so that other countries would not lord over them and enslave us. The primary goals of the nation were these three. Do those who claim that the revolution did not change things for the better mean that the primary goals of the nation have not been achieved? Is the regime still monarchy? Is there still suffocation? Are the advisors of big governments still working here and our government and nation under their domination? Well, if they raise this question, you may provide the answer, saying that these goals have been achieved. It is due to freedom that you and we have come together here. Was it possible for you to sit in such gathering and exchange views five years ago? It is freedom that you can easily speak and criticize the former illegitimate regime. These are all freedom. Nobody comes to tell you not to make criticism. Therefore, freedom is now available for us. One of the goals for which our nation cried has been achieved.

Regarding independence, if they claim that now the U. S. is governing here, you see that our youths have seized the American den of corruption and captured the Americans and the U. S. cannot do a damn thing. It is nonsense to say that the U. S. would mount military. Can the US intervene in this country in military terms? It is impossible. Iran is now the focus of attention of all countries in the world. Can the U. S. stand against the entire world and launch military intervention? The US cannot do a dman thing with military intervention. Do not be scared and do not fear others. The allegation made by our youth due to puerility asserting that if the US intervenes militarily, we would do so and so should not basically be proclaimed with theconjunction" if". The US is desperate to carry out military operation here. They are entangled by some problems that prevent them from military intervention. If they could carry out military operation, they would have retained the Shah in power. They tried to maintain him with all their powers and through propaganda machinery, but our nation did not pay any attention. Not only the U. S. but also all other powers were standing to keep the Shah but to no avail. It is because nobody can stand against the desires of a nation. Not at all! Our young adults should not consider military intervention. Their intervention is always mischievous and conspiratorial. If they want to do something, they would make our young people to make demonstration and amid the march their stooges would give rise to clashes, stripping us of free and peaceful atmosphere. They employ such mischievous schemes. They send their devils to our clean-hearted youths and try to dupe them through propaganda, instigating a number of the youths to take to the streets and mount a rally, which might be right, but they make unfair use of a rightful demonstration.

Take the issue of the day- seizure of American Embassy- not an embassy, but American plot-weaving center, wherein our youths discovered many things. On this issue, the first night we were informed that there are murmurs to launch a demonstration in Tabriz, Tehran and some other places in support of Mr. Bazargan. Well, this is what they sought. I do not know if they will succeed or not. They struggled to weave such a plan. Then, they would gradually extend it to other places such as Iraqi embassy and let us suppose Afghan embassy to seize them and pit Iran against all other countries. These devils have such plots. Our young people should be vigilant not to be impressed by them. Those who call for demonstration think Mr. Bazargan is against the Revolutionary Council. Such moves are part of a greater plot. Mr. Bazargan had been somewhat tired and had some excuses, asking to be away for a while. But this does not mean that Mr. Bazargan has nothing to do with the country's affairs. He is one whom all hold in high esteem. Do not deem he has been disrespected. Not at all! He is respectful. Do not take to the streets for something the nation also accepts. Do not mount a rally to be misued by those who seek to give rise to skirmish in which to kill somebody. If you remember- I was not here but it was quoted for me- on those days a group of people in Qum demonstrated and began chanting anti-government slogans in peaceful condition, but suddenly they saw one throwing stone and breaking window glass of a bank, destroyed a place or happened to kill one, leading to chaos and further killing. They always act in calculated manner.

There is no talk of military intervention, but conspiratorial interventions. They use our own power. They do not apply their power. In this country, they use our own forces. Well, consider Kurdistan. See what they use. No American soldier comes to do something. They mischievously use individuals, who are affiliated to them or sick in their heart. Then, the latter agents take advantage of immaturity of some Kurds instigating them that the government plans to ram Kurdistan. Iranian army has gone there to stop those involved in killing and beheading people, but they distort the facts and provoke the Kurds by telling that the government wants to thrash the Kurds. The army is there to protect the Kurds, but they argue that the army has been sent to slam the Kurds.

The persons who introduce them as devotees of people, I did not hear them supporting the youths seizing the American den. If they are not American agents, why did they not support the students? If they are affiliated to Russia or nationalists, they must be against the US as are the entire Iranian people. Our nation considers the US as our number one enemy because it has given asylum to our number one enemy. «1» At the time when the Shah was in Iran, the US was our number one enemy. He was responsible to keep the country backward. I did not hear that these devotees of people voice support for the young adults who captured the center of plots. I heard other groups voicing their support. Perhaps they have voiced their support but I I have not heard. You might have heard. If something had been done against Islam, you would see how these devotees of people magnified the situation. These devotees of people constantly spread lies to stop the revolution achieving its goals. The notices bearing their signature are recently in my home; they are brought for me. They propagate that nothing has been done. This treatment is part of a more ominous plan to impede our revolution. They promulgate that nothing has been done in Kurdistan. Despite all their plots, you have seen how much improvement has been made. Moreover, for more basic development, tranquility is of importance. Is it possible to pave a war-torn city? Well, it is unlikely. Now, you know what has been done in Kurdistan, especially by the help of you, the young people. May God protect you! Meanwhile, they are so impudent that they claim nothing has been done in Kurdistan. Is Kurdistan's condition the same as before?

It is written in one of their statements that today we have political prisoners like before, claiming their number being more than before. Do not they think that those called political prisoners are the ones who did such actions in the age of Muhammad-Rida? Do you call robbers as political prisoners? Do you consider traitors and opponents of the nation and country as statesmen? Do you regard Nasiri as political prisoner? Is Huvayda a statesman or robber? Are the" Savak" agents statesmen? Our current prisoners are the Savak agents and traitors who killed or ordered to kill and torture our youths? Who was imprisoned in time of Rida Khan or Muhammad-Rida? Which class of society was in jail? `Ulama', university students and nationalists were in captive. Who is in jail now? Savak agents. Well, if you are not a Savak agent, how do you call them statesmen? How do you regard Savak as statesmen? If you are not in connection with the former regime or one of Savak agents, how do you write in your statement that statesmen are in jail? How do you claim that today prisoners are more in number? Do you view robbers as statesmen? It is now evident that your policy is very different to what is in the sight of our noble nation? If you do not have any familiarity with them, how do you continue to assert that both in the past and today the statesmen have been imprisoned? At that time prisoners were like Mr. Taliqani, Mr. Muntaziri or Mr. Lahouti. As many as religious leaders were imprisoned and tortured. They had slashed the leg of one of our respectable clerk's. According to what we know, some other respectable statesmen apart from clerks were in a jail for a long period of time; they were under torture just because they were not in favor of the regime. Such people were in prison and now they are Savak agents. These people under the name of devotees of people argue that there are no significant differences. They just take prison into consideration without regard to prisoner and whether he is a thief or a trustee. There is no difference between confinement of a trustee or robber. There is no difference between imprisonment of killers and plunderers or those who want to restrain them from pillage. This is their logic. In return, our young must be alert but not be fooled by these corrupted publicities. The U. S. propagandizes like this. Instead of a soldier, the U. S. brings writer, speaker or their trained stooges to trigger disturbance. The U. S throws Kurdistan into total confusion and puts Tehran into disorder. Sometimes, they generate disturbance in our universities and at other times take to the streets, doing so and so. Today, our young people have captured this center of corruption and in return, they have taken the worst creatures «2» of God to keep him in their country and cure him. By these subterfuges and inhuman pretexts, they are hatching plots today, because they want to take advantage of our youth's purity of heart and their benevolence. Suppose they inspire our young adults that well England is the same as the U. S. and there is no difference between them. Go and ruin there. Well, Iraq is similar to them too; therefore, go and capture. And it is the same about France as well because they want to introduce Iran as a country in which there is no law and principle and everything is based on disorder and confusion. They intend to introduce our country to the world as a country that needs guardian. Who is guardian? Mr. Carter. Carter himself needs a guardian to prevent him from killing people. They have a political psychosis. Due to insanity, they kill this number of people and cause mischief. They are lunatics. They must go to lunatic asylum to be cured. Their brains need to be cured. They have it in mind to introduce our nation as a savage nation looking for anarchy. I do not remember the name of one who quoted me in time of Muhammad-Rida when Iranians took part in demonstrations. He had heard that an American called us savage. In response, he told him whether restoration of their right meant that they are savage? Even when we utter a true matter, they charged us with savagery.

Our young adults must be alert and careful not to believe in what others say. They want to poison public opinion and disappoint us with the revolution. This is one of their important programs. They work to instill the idea in people that nothing has been done, thus disappointing the people. If you mean urgent task, I told you that they have been fulfilled. The second-hand tasks are also in the process of accomplishment. In Mr. Bazargan's administration so many works had been done and so many homes were built but these unfair people argue that not a single home has been built. How much service the Reconstruction Jihad has rendered to the people and especially to the farmers? How much service did you count now? They still claim nothing has been done. Meanwhile, they themselves struggle to sabotage development programs.

These individuals, who introduce themselves as Devotees of people, set fire to the fruit of a lifetime of some farmers. This Devotee of People burns down the output of the farmers. This Devotee of People fires a gun and makes a hole in oil pipe and squander the nation's fortune. The U. S. works like this. It does not dispatch soldiers, but sends some who are worse than soldiers. One can know how to fight against a soldier. If soldiers come forward, we come forward too and so do I. Rest assured that they never dispatch their forces. Do not be afraid of the U. S. but fear their plots. Offset their plots too. The young adults are duty-bound to strip them of oppostunity to trigger skirmish in university. In factories if they want to stonewall the works, you should stop them. You are in Reconstruction Jihad and should thwart their plan if they intend to sabotage. Everywhere you are, you should stop them. Do not let them grow. They are now number one servant of our number one enemy.

May God assist you nd you are successful. What you pointed out has its root in the same case I cited. Do not expect the revolution to set everything in order overnight. A country that has been disturbed cannot be constructed overnight. They dealt a blow to our economy and imposed so much debt on the nation and fled. They disorganized everything and escaped. Hence, setting things in order requires sufficient time.

A sound election should be held through your efforts and the nation's endeavor. People know the upright persons. We need not teach them for years to have a correct choice. They know the qualified ones. Of course, some elements might occasionally infiltrate into the rank of pious people.

Throughout this 20 or 30 years people completely know who is a copy of that root. People have the power of distinction between that sycophant and Shah's opponent. It is up to people to choose reputable ones who are servants of people and are concerned about lower classes.

We do not intend to set up a House of Lords. The Senate is called the House of Lords. We aim to destroy the House of Lords and mend their way. We closed the upper crust that committed so much treason against the country in the senate. We closed the House of Sheiks, Lords and the Senate because they were just spongers. They were some elderly ones, went to the House in their last days of life and sat probably next to their friends and just spoke about their meals and medicines and squandered all the wealth of people. The door of that House was closed. We do not have the Senate any more. We have Consultative Assembly. We want a Consultative Assembly to be composed of the upper classes. We seek an assembly consisting of qualified men who know what became of the nation throughout these 50 years and in the monarchical regime. These men know what became of people and know people of their cities and villages and discern what they have done. In the past, they pestered people overtly. We must choose men of piety and known as trustee of people. God willing, the assembly is going to be established. Our Constitution will be put to vote. It is about to be completed. After we observed and confirmed it, it wil be put to vote.

One of the plots is to dishearten the people with regard to the constitution. They argue that the constitution is reactionary. Ask them which articles of this Constitution, which you call reactionary, are reactionary? The first one they put their finger on is wilayat-e faqih. They pinpoint this article, because it is an Islamic plan of which they are afraid. They deem Islam reactionary. They never dare to call Islam reactionary. They argue that we want to revert them to 1400 years back. It is different expression of the same concept without mentioning the word Islam.

Wilayat-e faqih carries so much progressive connotation that one cannot find in any other articles. The people will elect one whose moral, religious and national aspects as well as knowledge and deeds are clearly verified by the nation to watch over the country lest any treason should be done. To make certain, a Muslim jurisprudent who has devoted his lifetime to Islam and serving Islam is appointed to see what the president, who is elected by the people who will hopefully determine a trusted one from now on, does. The jurisprudent oversees the president's activities to ensure lest he should not do wrong. Of course, the forthcoming president will not do any wrong. Nevertheless, as precautious measure, the jurisprudent is appointed to see to the sensitive decisions. This is one of the most progressive articles in the Constitution that was approved, while being the most hostile article in the sight of the enemies.

It was they who cried and wrote for what we want Islam any longer. Let us call it simply republic. They feared Islam. Rather than Islam, put the term democratic, democratic republic. They do not understand what democracy is. Where is democracy so popular in the world? Which country is democratic? Which of these super powers act according to democratic standards? Democracy has a different meaning in different countries. In the Soviet Union it has one meaning and in the US a different meaning. Aristotle gives a definition, while the present philosophers define it differently. We argue that something that is unknown and defined differently in every country, we cannot incorporate it in our Constitution, in which case every one would define it according to one's likes and dislikes. We call for Islam; it has one and the same meaning everywhere. All Muslims know it. We say Islamic Republic. Our nation had called for Islamic Republic, which the nation voted with overwhelming majority. Only one or two percent were opposed. Democracy necessitated submitting to the nation who had voted for Islamic Republic. However, they started opposition from the outset. Those who raised voice against the Islamic Republic that day were scared of Islam, not the republic. They objected to the Experts Assembly and will object to the Consultative Assembly and the referendum for the Constitution as well. All they are opposed to is Islam. However, our nation has declared Islam as their destination, because they see Islam provides them with what they wish. Islam provides for both this world and the heareafter. Our nation wants Islam and they are opposed to the nation because the people call for Islam. If the nation called for republic only, they all supported and sent felicitation. But now that Islam has come in, they are opposed to it. It is reactionary! They consider Islam to be reactionary; they consider God reactionary. They are such people. If they believed in Him- they do not- they were in worse terms with the prophet than with you, because he was the one who laid the foundation for Islam. Was not this very reactionary religion as you call that saved you people? It was this reactionary faith that curbed the influence of the treacherous people from this country. Now, they call this faith reactionary.

This reactionary faith helped you to determine your destiny. I do not know when they want to wake up and when they want to stop their sophistry and objections. I regret that a people who should serve this country and appreciate the nation for offering blood to drive out the plunderers, who curtailed the grip of hangers-on and who punished some of the murderers and will punish the rest, do not join the nation, who has offered everything so that you can freely sit in your homes and relax, writing against this nation.

One laments over their thoughts and incessant cry of" reaction, reaction." By every cry of reaction, they want to say Islam is reactionary if one can virtually rip their heart to see their inward. However, they never dare to accuse Islam directly. Some of them said something directly, but repented later on. It is not clear whether their repentance is real or not.

Our nation must be awakened. Our young must become enlightened. Be vigilant that the U. S. comes to battlefield with pen not point of spear. The U. S. comes forward with the help of its stooges, not military forces. Be careful of these facts. Do not be a puppet in their hands. It discourages you that nothing has been done. How do you disparage the fact that you break through a satanic power at the back of it was not only all superpowers but also all other minor powers. Is there anything greater than this you want? You gained a prestige in the world now. No one has such glory that you have today. Do not ruin this just because for example somewhere has not been paved though they are busy with. Did you scarify your children in exchange for asphalt? Did you want anything in return? Did you want asphaltpaving? You did work just for God and it is beyond everything. Do come here to nag at the affairs. Leave the complaints for later. We are now in the middle of the way. We should break this power for good. We should stifle the plots. It is these plots that make you complain that nothing has been achieved and nothing done. Come and see what the authorities say and what they have done. May God protect you, God willing! May God protect our youthswho have made sacrifices for us and for Islam from the outset to the present time. I pray for them and am their servant. If I could, I would go there and serve like them, but I am an elderly man who is sitting here with nothing but a stammering tongue. May God protect and you are successful!