Speech [Importance of Radio Television and It's obligations]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The day radio and TV came under the control of the Islamic Republic, I became much anxious. The reason is that if this organization happens to be a good one, the country too is good. If it is corrupt and bad, it would drive the country towards crime and corruption. Therefore, I must point out some things for you: 1. This equipment- radio and TV- is everywhere. Even in the houses of the villagers. If it does not become Islamic cent-percent, it means that Islam is not yet present in Iran. If Radio/TV happens to be at the disposal of certain persons or groups that are perverted and seduced and who have in their behavior seduction, it is likely that the country from its length to breadth would be dragged to profligate and licentiousness. Therefore, it is binding on you, religiously and legally to purge this institution from the elements and groups who previously had been in the service of the past regime, or who themselves are still in contact with the past personalities. Besides, you should expel the corrupt persons out of this organization in order to save the others. You should drive them out of the Radio/TV with all determination and power without taking any distinctions into consideration. Most important of all these is the news. You should be careful to see that the deviated persons should not gain access there. Islamic Republic is not word only. It should take to itself a reality. Now wherever we turn, we see corruption there. Islam is not practiced correctly. My insistence upon Radio/TV is more and with more stress than the other places be cause it is in the same proportion sensitive and important. 2. Its corruption or licentiousness causes the nation to embrace it. It transports and transfers its own corruption into the society and the nation on the whole. It is the easiest and quickest media. Whatever is spoken there, every quarter and every house in the country hears and even sees it. As such preservation shall cast its shadow all over the country and even could be reflected abroad too.

The organization should be in line with the appraisal and the Islamic Revolution. We say Radio/TV is Islamic. But there words are uttered which pernicious and detrimental to Islam. It should strictly and strenuously be observed that we should not learn to East not should list to West. We should not follow West or East. It does not correspond with Radio/TV of Islam. So we should completely be vigilant. You, the youth! Don't fear at all, nor do our take any notice of what these open-minded people say or write. The Westernized open-minded person wants to make the country after their own taste- a lux one. They do not care whatever the wrong there be or to what extent it goes. They desire to make it a Western country. It should not be a guise of Islam. Therefore, the campaign should be directed towards these Westernized ones. So, it is your duty to purge this organization with the cooperation of its Muslim staff, committed to Islam, from the deviated and seduced elements. In this way, you should not fear any person or any group.

You should be very much careful to see that not even a person should be dismissed from this organization if he happened to be among the committed Muslims. If he committed any errors that will be a different case. Try to shun from the things that could provide a ground for others to say that they too are backwards. The same words Shah too used to the campaigners' second committed Muslims. The Muslims should be present there and take the place of those dismissed ones. Thanks God, we have good announcers and writers. In my view, the films made by Iranians are better than the films of others. For example, the film" Cow" «1» was having a lesson and an instructive theme. But now the films should be imported either from Europe or from America. Those are lewd films that please only to the open-minded Westernized people. The films imported from abroad are commonly imperialists. So avoid them unless they are cent-percent good. However this depends upon the people in change of such matters. I once again remind you to clear this organization from the persons attached to the previous regime. Interview does not matter. Even a communist- let him come and speak his mind. Let him take his answer at the spot from someone else. What is wrong in that? However, this department- Radio/TV- should not be in the hands of a group of mischief-mongers. Very much regrettably still there are roots of the past regime.

Since their interests are in peril, they create hurdles in the job. They want the same pleasure to prolong for them. They want the Radio/TV for their own interests and to serve them as a shop. I frankly say: We do not want to be praised either by the West or by the East. Also we don't like that the open-minded Westernized writers to praise us. We want to act as per the directions of Islam. We want to serve our country. We don't like to have an organization- all of it fetid and filthy and corrupt and lewd. We don't want to have such an institute, which could drag our children towards insurgency and incontinency. It could render the persons indifferent that if everything of them is plundered they remain impassible and inept. We want to reform all the offices as the people have reformed themselves. These matters should be paid attention to. I pray for your success.

I have told several times that Radio/ TV should be completely independent. Its freedom should be preserved. No one must interfere in it. You try as much as possible to make Islamic so that it be as per the demand of the people. People have sacrificed their blood. Should it be so that people give blood and a perverted group comes and takes over? Should they take advantage? The matter is here that neither religion nor reason allows such a thing. The Muslims poured into the streets. They raised the slogan of" Allahu Akbar". They sacrificed their lives. They claimed that they want Islamic Republic. It means that every thing should be Islamic. One of the important organs is this Radio/TV. Its importance is above all organizations. These two organs should become Islamic. Preserve its freedom. If one tries to impose certain thing, don't pay attention to him. You run the organ with freedom and independence. Be successful.