In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Today is the 3 rd of the holy month of Sha`ban; a blessed day. It is the Day of Guards of Islam, of Truth, and of a divine school. Today is the birthday of the one who by himself, his sons and his associates' blood kept the school alive; a school which was going astray and towards ignorance; A school which they were trying to make it according to their nationalism of Arab. A school whose slogan was" There is no news of the next world nor revealed any revelation."
Islam was to vanish. As such in the Islamic justice, there came the regime of Shah. Islam and revelation was dragged to isolation. A great person who fed upon the justice of divine revelation, sprung from the house of the chief of the Prophets, Muhammad, born to the parentage of `Ali and Zahra and stood against the strays. He created that great event «1» «2» by his unique sacrifice and a divine uprising. The castles of tyrants collapsed and were pulled down. The school of Islam was rescued and saved. Peace and prayers be upon his great and unshakable spirit and the spirit of his family members and associates. He guided us from the darkness of ignorance to the light of truth. So, now O the nation of Islam and the nation of Muhammad! It is upon us to follow our great Imam and guard the revolution by sacrifices. The continuity of this dear school, which ensures the freedom of the victims and the annihilation of tyrants, needs to get rid of self-lust which is the heritage of Satan. The sluggishness, disappointments- a plot of the enemies of this Islamic country should be crushed in its embryo. O Guards! You have sprung from the core of the Islamic nation and have guarded Islam and the holy campaign. You made the revelation bear fruit by your sacrifices and the blood of your brothers. You have purged Iran from the pollution of the corrupt regime of Shah by your great bravery and the courage of army and the security forces. You cut the hands of criminals from abroad out of this Islamic country. Yet, you should be vigilant and advertent that the enemy is in ambush. The supporters of the big Satan and the regime are engaged in their plots.
I would like to point out a few remarks in this day- the birthday of the Lord of Martyrs, the Guard of Islam. The martyrs of the revolution, their spirit is present here. I say so because I don't want to betray you nor do I want any treason to be made to you.
1. It is possible that there might be traitors infiltrated amidst you. They could have dragged the plain-hearted guards committed to Islam, to deviation. They might incite them to confiscate the properties of people without a legal ground or to disobey or to ignore the order and discipline to make them disdained by the people or to spoil their real entity. By so doing they try to spoil the hard labor they have so far undertaken. In short, they try to make them most hated figures within the eyes of the nation. Therefore, you should know they are enemies to the Islamic Revolution and to you who invite you to chaos. If you face or find such people, you should introduce them to the revolutionary courts.
2. It is incumbent upon you to obey your commanders. Disobedience results in getting the armed forces weak. Those who incite you to such an act aim at your weakness. If they do it deliberately, they are your enemies and enemies of the revolution and Islam. So, it is upon you to introduce them to the authorities so that they may be dealt with seriously.
3. Coordination with all the forces, army and security, and the government organs is a necessary duty of you- the respected guards. The obedience to the commander-in-chief who is my representative is one of religious and Islamic duties incumbent on you and on all the armed forces.
4. I do know that you are from a deprived class. Your salaries are trifle. You took a brave step in the revolution to triumph. You continued the struggle not for worldly gains. Now it is not so too. It was for the sake of God and Islam. You recall the army in its early days of Islam. They passed their days by one single piece of date. They subsisted on one date. They fought the enemy on this trivial nourishment. They kept their wages on God to pay them. They believed that God will compensate all their hardships.
5. The president and the government should necessarily take the necessary steps to strengthen the armed forces and particularly the guards of the revolution. They must try to compensate their wants and shortages. The Revolutionary Consultant Board and then the parliament should sanction a budget for the armed forces particularly the guards to a due and desired level.
To strengthen them is to strengthen the country because they guard the freedom of the country and keep the campaign alive.
6. Committees should remain as long as the need for them is there. Although it is necessary to wind them up but the need cannot be overlooked. Those who act against Islamic standards must be dismissed.
7. I shall appoint people in the squads of guards, gendarme and police as I have done in the army to report about the run of things every week. The purpose is that the members, the committed Muslims, in charge of army and the organs could form an inspecting institute in the armed forces and have supervision over all the organs. Then they can report the matters to me in brief. I hope that the armed forces which are now in the service of Islam will coordinate among each other towards protecting the country and Islam without any fear through the backing of the nation.
8. I demand from all the government and national organs and other groups to refrain from sectarian activities or groups' divisions and the self-lust and opportunism. They should be in the service of the country and the victims. They should try not to go astray from the path of the nation. They should believe that God is present and sees everyone's action. They should avoid divisions and hypocrisy. They should prefer the interests of the country to their own. They should not try to weaken each other. They should be with the nation. May God be your protector. Greetings of God and His virtuous servants be to the souls of the martyrs of the Revolution. Finally, I would like to remark what all of you know. That is to appreciate and respect the martyrs of the Revolution and their families and also the disabled ones. All the executive system should attend to the demands of the martyrs from ties, disabled ones because we owe them. We and the nation are under their obligation. If any, in any office or ministry, happens to create obstacles for them, he should be dismissed and put to trial as anti-Revolution.
I wish from God the glory and greatness of Islam, Muslims and our dear country. May peace be upon the pious servants of God.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini