Speech [The plot of the enemies of Islam in creating differences between the Muslims; the false claim of Saddam in defending the ``Arab nation]

Welcome, you dear friends and respected brothers who have come from the war zones. May God give you success. May He sever the links of the tyrants to our country. The plan of the big powers is to bring the Muslims under their sway, and to seize their resources and plunder their assets. They have been pursuing their plans for many long years, and one of their prime plans concerns the issue of nationalism. Islam has come to unite all the nations- `Arabs and `Ajam, Turk and Fars- and establish one big community, called the" Islamic ummah," in the world so that those who want to dominate the Islamic countries and the Islamic centers will not be able to do so because of the vast multitudes of the various classes of Muslims. The design of the big powers and those connected to them in the Islamic countries, is to divide the strata of the Muslims among whom the Blessed and Exalted God has created brotherhood, and has called them brothers, «1» and to name them Turks, Kurds, `Arabs and Persians. In fact, they want to make them enemies of one another. This is absolutely contrary to the path of Islam and the Holy Qur'an. All the Muslims are brothers; all of them are equal. All of them should remain under the banner of Islam and the banner of monotheism, the ones that sow discord among the Muslims in the name of nationalism, factionalism and nationality belong to satan's army. They are the accomplices of the big powers. They are against the Holy Qur'an.

Thank God that the Ba`ath party of Iraq has been exposed in claiming to be this and that to the `Arabs, `Arab powers and the `Arab nation. By confronting mostly the `Arabs of Khouzistan, it has unmasked itself. More of our `Arab brothers have been killed by this cursed party and the infidel Saddam than our non-`Arab ones. If the claims of this lewd pagan «2» were true, he should not have crushed the women and children, the young and old, like that in the `Arab civilian areas. If he bore enmity towards the non-`Arabs, why did he attack the `Arabs to a greater extent? Now it is clear that the issue is not that of `Arabs. It concerns serving the big powers. It is not a matter of saving the `Arabs. Save them from what? Does want to rescue them from Islam?! The `Arabs suffered for many long years, just like the non-`Arabs, and the non-`Arabs Iranians underwent suffering and persecution under the domination of the satanic superpowers through the agency of the corrupt Pahlavi regime. Afterwards, when the Pahlavi regime was sent to hell because of the uprising staged by our people- `Arabs, non-`Arabs and all the other (ethnic) groups- our whole nation came under the protection of Islam in the Islamic Republic. Nobody should undergo suffering and torment under the banner of" There is no god but God" in the Islamic Republic; and nobody has. The deviant persons, who are the lackeys of the foreigners, by giving various names to this country- which is an Islamic one where `Arabs, non-`Arabs, Persians and non-Persians, are living side by side in brotherliness- are conspiring to divide them from one another and create differences among them. After that, they intend plundering all the assets of the country and trampling on Islam. The cursed Ba`ath party of Iraq proved that it does not support Iraq nor the `Arabs. To the contrary, it is the supporter and servant of the big powers. It is, therefore, crushing and suppressing the Iraqis in Iraq itself. It also imprisons and kills the leading `Arab `ulama'. All the Iraqis that are `Arabs are fed up with it. The issue is not that it wants to do something for the `Arabs. Both the `Arabs and non-`Arabs wish to live Under the banner of monotheism and under the protection of God's Messenger (s). The Islamic Republic wants to implement the principles enunciated in the Holy Qur'an and the things that the in the Prophet of God has stated, throughout the country. And Iran is the prelude to it. Iran wants to make it known to all the countries that the basis of Islam is equality, brotherhood and unity, and that all the Muslims constitute a single power vis-a-vis the others.

We want to make the nations understand that Islam is a religion of unity, equality and brotherhood. No class enjoys superiority over the other except in piety, and in abiding by Islamic laws. The Ba`ath party of Iraq has proved that just as its chief (ideologue) `Aflaq «3» is not a Muslim, being an `Arab is not the issue. The `Arab nation is not the issue. The issue is that of the superpowers. The issue is that all of us, all our nations must be under the domination of the big powers. It was an immature notion that Saddam had nursed in his mind that he would overrun Iran within a week. He could not even capture Khouzistan, which is just one part of Iran, within a week. He gained nothing but disgrace, and the hatred of all the Muslims and the oppressed, of the world. And now in a state of nervousness and insanity, he wants to gain victory at any cost, if it be a partial victory.

Our brothers everywhere- particularly Khouzistan and around it, and throughout the south and the west- have risen against this man who calls himself a Muslim while he is not, and who claims that he is working for the `Arabs, but is telling a lie. They have struck him hard on his mouth. He will go to hell shortly, God willing. We share your grief. We sympathize with you who are our brothers, irrespective of your being from Sousangerd, Ahwaz, Khouzistan and its surrounding areas, or in the south and west (of the country). We sympathize with all the people of Kurdistan, Khouzistan Sousangerd and, likewise, Dashte-e Azadegan and its environs, from where the gentlemen have come, for the tragedy that has befallen Islam, and you, our brothers. These tragedies have befallen Islam, and you are its children. Whatever happens to you also happens to all Muslims. Whatever treachery Saddam commits in Khouzistan, he is also committing in all Muslim lands. I hope that all the Islamic nations rise and while exercising vigilance and alertness, put these lackeys, who want to bring them under the control of the superpowers, in their place. I pray to the Blessed and Exalted Lord for the victory of Islam and the Muslims. I pray for the health and happiness of you brothers of ours from Khouzistan, and of the brothers who have come here from the south and the west. Do know and be sure that the rewards for all these troubles which you have suffered and all this killing of our brothers, are reserved with God; they will not be lost. And praise God that victory and honor belong to you.

May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.