In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
On 19 th Ordibehesht, Friday, the Muslim noble nation of Iran voted positively for the Islamic Republic. They will go to the ballets to choose their representatives, committed to Islam and the Islamic Republic. Friday is a day in which Islam and the Muslim nation will attain their divine hope or confront the mischief-mongers and anti-Islam and the Muslim nation in parliament. They will expose Qur'an and Islam to danger. The noble nation of Iran must know that Islam is dearer that one cannot turn his back to it for the sake of selfish motives or to attract the attention of groups or some particular persons or to prefer their won purpose to the higher and everlasting purpose of divine.
This is the first term of the parliament. The subsequent terms, too, must be fixed today. The brick if laid wrongly or incorrectly by those who do not want Islam or who treat the issues ignorantly will become a tradition for ever. He who lays a foundation erroneously, every sin that will be committed will rest on his responsibility. The nation should pay attention to the affairs in this divine day.
1. Elect those who are hundred percent Muslims, believers in the Islamic commandments and committed to execute the Islamic obligations. They should not belong to any of the deviated seduced schools. They should believe in the Islamic Republic.
2. The candidates should be scrutinized by their conduct and behavior in the past regime till now. In the provinces, the candidates should be attested of their competency by clergy as to their virtue and not being towards left or right or any political groups.
3. The candidates who expectedly or most likely could be deviated should not be elected. The deviation of moral, or of belief, or of political one if likely could be anticipated- such persons should not be elected because they are not trustworthy. It would constitute an obligation or responsibility if such ones are voted for.
4. The voters should give their votes to the correct persons at the Islamic standards without undergoing the influence of propaganda.
5. It is possible that some satans might disseminate some matters among the ignorant persons causing hesitation among them or an overlook to give their votes to the correct candidates. It is said that those who have voted in the previous stage need not vote in this stage. It is not such. This stage does not differ with the first stage. So, all the people should join in voting. This too is said that all the groups, whether rightists or leftists, should be voted so that the parliament could house all the categories among the nation. This is wrong, a seducing thing concocted by the deviated people. They want to gain access to parliament by trick or a cheat. The nation must not heed to such propaganda. They should vote the persons with the above conditions.
6. I hope that the Muslim nation of Iran will participate in this affair that has a bearing on the fate of the society. On Friday, all the classes of the people, men and women, should go to the ballets and cast their votes.
7. On the voting day, some persons stand around the ballet boxes and propose their own desired persons to be voted. You don't listen to them, and give your votes to the correct persons.
8. As for the illiterate persons, they must consult the trustworthy men in choosing their candidates. There are twelve candidates for Tehran and the necessary number for the provinces. A trustworthy man should write for the illiterate one his candidates. He should show the paper to another one to read for him so that to ascertain the names are written correctly and there is no cheating. Then the person himself by his own hands should insert the paper into the box. He should not allow anyone to insert the paper into the box except himself.
I wish help to all from God. I hope glory, health, happiness to all the Muslims.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini