In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Acquiring power through the blood of the martyrs
It makes me happy and sad at the same time, when I see these scenes, and firm determination and definite decision on the part of these youths. It calls for gladness because the nation has undergone such a transformation as to sacrifice everything it has in the way of God. It has also gone out to embrace death with outstretched arms. If such a thing has a parallel in history, it can only be found in the early days of Islam. There is no example of such an occurrence after that. There is no example such as that of you young people.
The sadness is because of these dear youths of ours, who are expected to serve Iran and Islam, have either been martyred or bodily disabled. This has distressed us greatly. Another distressing factor is that these deviant groups and persons who are the supporters of the big powers and who want to take us back to the previous state, are trying to seek power. How can they overlook the blood of our martyrs? How can they overlook our disabled ones? And for the sake of gaining power for themselves or serving the superpowers, how can they overlook the blood of these martyrs of ours and serve America or the Soviet Union? How can one be unmoved? These are people who see their strength in the blood of our youths! Those who make your sacrifices and make you disabled ones a means for them to gain power are outside the pale of human nature. At this time when a war is going on and our army, our Islamic guards and the entire nation is embroiled in it, those who are thinking of acquiring power for their own group are not human beings. They are beasts in human guise. You can see that these perverted groups have now come into every corner of our country and are busy hatching plots and creating mischief. Neither their plots nor their mischief can, of course, do anything against our people and our armed forces. But it is a matter of regret that there are such people who, on the face of it, are human beings but are actually wild beasts that are using the blood of our martyrs as a means of acquiring power. They want to take power over the dead bodies of our youths. It is a matter of regret as to how human beings can be so ignorant and wicked! Our youths are fighting devotedly in the border areas and around the country in order to safeguard the Islamic Republic. They (the power-seekers) have no faith in either Islam or the Islamic Republic. Their aim is to become powerful by taking advantage of the blood of these youths.
The glad tidings of victory to the warriors of Islam
But I am giving you dear ones, the troops, the Islamic guards, the gendarmes and the people throughout the country the good news that you will be victorious. Victory is on the side of right. I have said this several times that whether we be killed or kill, we are victorious. You went to the battle-field and became disabled. Now you are in front of my eyes. I feel very sad for you. You are, indeed, victorious. You are victorious in the eyes of Islam. You are a victorious army in the eyes of God, the Blessed and Exalted. May God place you in the army of the Imam of the time (s). May He bestow upon you the reward that was bestowed upon the warriors who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Apostle of God. They, too, placed whatever accomplishments they had at the disposal of Islam and God's Apostle. Now you, too, are performing the same duty. There is no difference between you and them. You are like those who fought in the battles along with the Prophet. They, too, were martyred or became disabled. You, too, sacrifices and become disabled for the sake of God, the Apostle of God, and Islam. Your friends were martyred. You are victorious. A country that is ready to make sacrifices to this extent is victorious. May God reward you and give you health. And may He rouse us so that we follow you.
May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.