In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
The honorable and heroic nation of Iran- may God bless you all,
At this juncture of our history when our beloved country and the great Islam are face to face with the blood-sucker United States and should deny the foreign agents and the rotten remnants of the old regime any chance of sabotage, we hear that some people, ignorant of the depth of the issues, and under the indoctrination of our foes, have caused some disorders and turmoils and God forbid, may cause great gap and discord in our society. I ask the honorable nation of Iran not to bring up any issue which will be misused by our enemies, and I insist that you respect the distinguished religious scholars and jurisprudents of Islam. My brothers should be aware of the fact that the turmoil and revolt which occurred at the home of Ayatullah Shari`atmadari was the work of the agitators which should be condemned. «1» And the agitators should not repeat such horrendous acts anymore. I implore all the university students and the scholars at the seminaries, all intellectuals, scholars and writers to put aside all sources of disagreement. Rather, I ask them to focus on the enemy. This is my divine and national task to ask you for this feat. I ask God to bestow the unity upon the nation, grant Islam and the distinguished clergy glory and make our Muslim nation victorious.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Muharram 16,1400 AH/ Azar 15,1353 AHS