Speech [The American attempt to distract the nation's thoughts from the internal difficulties]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Whenever I see the resolute and determined women for the victory of this revolution and even ready for martyrdom, I will become assured of a victory.

A nation whose respectable women and resolute men have decided to cooperate together and tread the same path will remain invulnerable. Do not worry about the external losses and injuries. While you are united, nobody would hurt you from outside. Neither military intervention, nor the economic sanctions might hurt you. What they say is only to distract our attention: and they do not seem to be serious. But what would injure us are the internal disturbances. At times, they conspire to attract our attention towards the external threats, two of which are economic sanctions and the military intervention. Then we would be unaware of the internal satanic plots. If we were not threatened from outside and if we concentrated on our internal affairs, we could easily offset the internal turmoils. Examples of such external plots are the threats of the damage that certain groups from England or France might level against us. The same things happen everyday when the United States carries out the threats of economic sanctions and the military intervention one day and then changes their decision by saying that they would take the issue to the United Nations or to the Security Council. Such words are meant to bring forth certain reactions in Iran. They are not able either to carry out economic sanctions against us, nor military interventions. They plan to distract away our thoughts from our internal problems and make us negligent.

While carrying about the issues that are going on against our country, our nation should be vigilant against the internal conspiracies. There are many of that going on in the country. One sort is the turmoils that take place daily. They create problems in Azarbayjan, Zahedan and the like. Another kind is those which they create in the villages. One wants the Islamic Republic; the other one asks for something else. There are all sorts of obstacles put on the way of Islam. While they are aware that they cannot possibly win, they bring about these hurdles. The foreigners, too, are planning for military intervention and economic sanctions. They know these are useless, but they might be doing them for other objectives; one of these objectives might be to distract our attention away from our internal turmoils. We should not be negligent and deceived into believing that our internal problems are over.

Since our nation got a relative victory over the expulsion of the foreigners from this country, our enemies have been creating conspiracies. One way for them was to bring about differences. Concerning the essence of the Islamic republic, articles got on the way and speeches were delivered. Then the Assembly of Council Experts was discussed. Then the constitution was being debated. And now they are talking about the president. As I am told, one hundred and twenty candidates have nominated themselves for this position. While they are aware that they are not qualified, their aim is to bring about differences. They want to keep our country busy with these turmoils and forget about the remedies until it collapses forever. Concerning the elections for the Consultative Assembly, hardships are even more. All these tumults are created in order for the Islamic Republic not to materialize. If it is established, the foreigners will be the losers since their interests are curtailed. Thus, our nation should concern itself with these internal commotions. This is because these internal conflicts are the most hazardous. The selfish desires are the origins of these turbulences. People's inclination for grouping and party-making hinders them to work for God.

If our nation desires to free itself from the historic hurdles put on its way and if it wants to be independent, it should not disintegrate into different groupings and divisions. All should stick together. If they are united, our nation shall not perish. If they are united, they will be invulnerable. They would disintegrate only in those situations when they are influenced by their selfish desires. However, I can observe great changes brought about in our women more than in our men. Women have served Islam more than men at this juncture of time. Men's services are the result of women's cooperation. Men's vigor for doing service increases drastically when they see women are ready to serve their country. In our country, women have tolerated more hardships than men. They have lost their husbands, their sons and their brothers. They have protected Islam with all their might. Most men have sacrificed themselves following the women's example. I hope our nation will continue having this solidarity and I will ask God to guide those people who are staying outside this solidarity. May God grant you longevity and health.