Speech [The Shah's trial and the disclosure of the American crimes in Iran]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The reason for our insistence that this criminal «1» be tried in Iran and for a trial be set up to investigate U. S. crimes committed in Iran is because witness to certain crimes cannot be sent to, for instance, America. Moreover, the jury and organizations which work there «2» are in the service of the superpowers. Another thing is how could we ever take the disable victims and grief-stricken mothers and women who have lost their youth to the United States to inform them of [the magnitude] the crimes committed against them? The dossiers are here. They can not be taken out. This is the reason for our insistence for the convention of court of justice here. When I see how these people have been disabled and how these women lost their young sons two sorts of emotions are created in me: one is the feeling of sorrow and grief as to why a regime could be so ignorant of God, bestial and savage and who would commit such heinous crimes to rule for a day or two. Why is man so prone to crimes? Why is man worse that all beasts when he takes the wrong path? Another thing is, it grieves one to see that the teachings of the prophets, from the first and to the last, have not been able to rectify corrupt human beings. All these divine teachings could not lead people like Carter and Muhammad-Rida to the right path.

Carter prays! For whom? He has the church bells tolled in order to acquire prestige and get a chance to commit crimes for another four or five years under the pretext of caring for a sick man. «3» He is pretending that he is praying for fifty Americans. «4» Now the American authorities are going around collecting signatures in the schools of the United States. This is the main issue. The superpower wishes to stay in power at any cost even if it means crushing the deprived layers of society. They claim they are keeping this wretched soul «5» out of their philanthropic sentiments, but engage in massacring multitudes of human beings or coerce them into killing others. They have done it in Vietnam. We witness the crimes they have so far committed in Iran: they supported one man who committed such crimes and through whom they engaged in crimes here, or facilitated their commission. They fostered that one person who perpetrated so much evildoing that left so many disabled victims, martyrs, grief stricken mothers, and then they talk of love for humanity. The objective of these criminals boils down to just one thing and that is to stay in power, the power to annihilate anyone who stands in their way.

The reason why we have invited experts to Iran lies in the fact that we want them to see all the disabled victims. How could we take them to the United States? We want to take these experts to hospitals where the disabled victims of the revolution are being taken care of. We want to show the evidence of the Shah. Carter kept the Shah for a while and then had sent him to another location, something which is his own concern, lest behind-the-curtain controversies are discovered and exposed to the American nation, which, in turn, would understand what sort of criminals is afflicting the oppressed nations of the world, criminals who put on a mask of a humanitarian to deceive. This man (Carter) makes pretensions to having been educated on Jesus, peace of God upon him, having faith in him, and shows off himself as one who prays. He goes to church and order to ring the church bells all over American for him.

We have seen instances of the hypocrisy of the kings. You may not recollection, or perhaps a couple of you might remember, but we saw how Rida Khan used to attend threnody sessions (for Imam Husayn (`a)) and go from one ta`ziyah to another. It was also said that he would set up such (mourning) sessions and take part in them. Then, when he got powerful he banned such sessions! We sour Muhammad-Rida have Qur'ans published in the name of (serving) Islam and once a year he went to Mashhad and, in utter shamelessness, would stand before the tomb of Imam Rida (`a) but his heart was somewhere else. He used to there to deceive the Iranian nation. But we have already seen what that criminal and this one «6» did to our nation. The father pretended to be a Muslim but perpetrated that massacre, at the precincts of Imam Rida (`a) shrine at Gawharshad Mosque at a Muslim temple. We also witnessed how his son, who claimed to be a Muslim, who, in his speeches, vowed to support Shi`ism who had published Qur'ans" served" this country. He carried out a lot of killings and caused a great number of disabled ones and he ruined the Iranian prestige. He decimated our wealth and reserves. He kept the forces of our youth backward. We insist on his coming here because his case is something that has to be investigated on and clarified here. We want him here, but now he has left (the U. S.). We ask the United States to deliver him to us. However, the United States has transferred him from one place to another place allied to it.

Anyway, I sympathize with these brothers, sons and the beloved ones (of this revolution) whether they are present here or are now at hospitals, I am proud to have such youths. I am proud of them because they have revived Islam and relived the Karbala scenes in Iran. They have served and sacrificed their lives to revive Islam. Our youth you have been rendered disabled, killed or have lost their everything in order to keep Islam alive.

The tendency towards Islam has changed in recent years. Now the different layers of the world population have focused their attention to Islam and the Islamic Republic of Iran to see what will happen: one clique is entertaining for lest Islam to other lands. And another group is eager about the dissemination of Islam everywhere; Islamic nation and non-Islamic oppressed nations, too, have fixed their attention to our demand; all of them love to have the same (Islamic) regime, which will materialize here, God willing, in their own lands. Those who were traitors and took advantage of the absence of Islam are horrified lest it becomes a reality. One of those terrified lest Islam materializes in Iran is Carter because if Islam materializes in Iran, the American interests would be served forever.

I would like to thank you gentlemen who have walked a long way to this place to show your solidarity and unity. I also thank the disabled with whom I commiserate and the ladies who have come here; I hope that they all enjoy good health. I ask God to keep you in perfect health. And I ask God for a speedy recovery of our disabled ones all over Iran. May God grant you success.

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.