[In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful]
Hope lies with the young generation
I would like to express my thanks for your having come. You have told me about your difficulties and problems. I hope to be able to serve you during the remaining days of my life, which is short. I hope to be able to benefit from your warm presence even if you are sitting on wet ground. This you will do for God. I have confidence in you. With the high morale that you have I assure you of success. My brothers, today we are confronted with a great satanic power. You have to stay firm and strong. You come from a territory with ample underground reserves which have been plundered by the foreigners and you have been left hungry. Those who are greedy to exploit your underground treasures would not easily leave you free. We have to be vigilant; we have to put aside our differences; we should do away with criticisms. Today is not the time get involved in disputes. Rather, we should ponder on what the enemy's next move might be. Contemplate on how to confront this enemy of yours.
Not feeling abject and concentration on the success
We are destined to live for a limited time on this planet, either in object misery, or, God willing, in success and leave this world in dignity. We want to have a dignified life here; we will reject abjectness. We will refuse to accept indignity in the same way that our great predecessors, our Imams (`a) refused to accept an ignoble life. We are not frightened by the American economic sanctions or its military intervention. Our nation refuses to accept disgrace and exploitation once again and let others plunder their wealth and assets, and change them into slaves. With the enthusiasm that I see in you, I am sure we will succeed. May God keep you prosperous.