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Speech [The position and role of the oil industry staff]

Jamaran Religious center, Tehran
The position and role of the oil industry staff
Sayyid Muhammad Qaradi (oil minister), deputies, managers and staff of the oil industry
جلد ۱۶ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، از صفحه ۲۳۸ تا صفحه ۲۴۱
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The position of oil industry and the role of its staff

You, dear ones, who have come here are, firstly, the target of the criminals more than any other and, secondly, you are serving in the most effective organization for rendering services to Islam and the dear Islamic country. I congratulate you with whose efforts this revolution emerged triumphant. You are brave men with whose strikes the former regime and its masters were crippled. Congratulations to you for this victory and power! I should, however, remind you of some points.
In this great victory that Iran has achieved and is, thank God, taking the last steps to defeat the enemies of Islam, who are breathing their last, you see that the big powers have been frightened. They sometimes threaten you and sometimes us and sometimes try to mobilize the region against the nation, you and us. It is because they are scared of the Islamic power and the unity emerging in Iran and the solidarity developing among the nation. The most important organization targeted by the criminals is the oil ministry, its staff and its contractors. You should note that the preservation of this country and Islam in this area depends on your commitment to Islam and your country. The criminals, munafiqin and deviants attempt to infiltrate your ranks and deflect your path. This stratagem is on top of their agenda. I hope that you the staff and contractors of the oil ministry who have so far preserved this lifeline of the nation will not neglectful of their tricks. Whenever guileful wizards infiltrate your ranks and want to create discord, know that they want to lead you to subjection to the enemies of Islam.

Oil is lifeline of powers in the region

If the US government at this time says it has friends and interests in the region, one should see what it means. Who are, and were, their friends? What are, were or will be, their interests in the region? They have friends and these friends are so friendly that in addition to being mercenaries, they give out the interests of their country, and the wealth of innocent human beings to the powerful countries to serve their interests. By their interests they mean the ones whose disruption with threaten their lifeline. And their friends are the ones whose lives will be at the stake as soon as they leave.
We admonish all neighboring countries, Islamic countries and their officials who imagine to be Islamic that by interests and friends the US means the abundant resources of Islamic countries and the underground resources of Islamic countries and by friends they mean you (some Islamic countries), who serve the US and also offer your own resources to it. However, because of Islam and Iran they consider their interests and friends to be at stake.
The Iranian nation and government and all Iranian organizations want to rescue you (neighboring Islamic countries) from this wretched situation created for you. They take your wealth and resources which should be used for the welfare and development of your countries for free. They have deceived you and intend to let you in the same perilous situation which Saddam entangled in, so that they can get rid of the trouble caused for them thanks to Islam. Nations know that Islam is more dear and useful than all else for them, both for their life in this world and the hereafter.

The necessity for governments to set the Islamic Republic as an example

Governments should be admonished to take the Islamic Republic as a model. Nations are aware of this need. People have been subjected to mental and physical tortures for long years. People who wallow about in poverty and destitution while others swallow their gold and black gold understand that accepting the Islamic Republic signifies driving out alien powers and hegemony of disbelievers and putting an end to their domination. Governments should be warned. Governments should heed the present regime in Iran and see if their status quo is better for them or if the situation undergoes a change towards that in Iran. They should note that today's Iran, the government, nation, Majlis, the army, the revolutionary guards corps and all others are a single organization and all support each other. If the government gets involved in a difficulty, the people will come in to remove it. If our borders are threatened, people, the oil workers and other organizations will support the government, whereas, in the past they closed the oil valves and emerged victorious. Today, they open the valves and they did and are victorious. If a problem afflicts the government, the youth, the nation, women and men, young and old will strive to remove it.
You see that foreign governments and superpowers created so many problems for us and imposed economic sanctions on us, but with the help of the people those plots were thwarted. If you, foreign governments, are embroiled in similar situation and your people treat you as the Iranian nation treats its government, you can muster all your power, stand against the big powers, and be like a master not a slave. Serve the nation and Islam to lord over powerful governments. Is this better or if you sever relations with your nations and bid farewell to Islam and oppose a republic that is Islamic and wants to be free and independent? If you oppose the latter you will be abject and under the domination of powerful countries that when a matter emerges running counter to their interests, they will announce that they have friends and interests. What interests can the US have here other than your enormous resources? What friends can they have here except those who serve their interests? The US does not need any friends; the US wants servants. The US wants servants who offer the interests of their country to them, while they themselves live in abjection. Our nation, our government and we will stand against any hegemony and oppose it as far as we can. I hope that the favor granted by God Almighty to the nation which serves Islam will continue and that the service the entire nation renders to Islam and the Islamic country will persist. If, God willing, such a thing continues, the country will not suffer harm and people will humiliate the big powers and all their diabolical tricks.

The Unseen divine favors in the Islamic Revolution of Iran

Whatever we have seen from the beginning of the revolution up to the present time has been a miracle. Notice that the revolution has been accomplished in Iran. Which power was it that could oust and drive out a monarchical regime with all that pomp and pageantry and all those powerful governments supporting it, a 2500- year-old regime armed with the most modern weaponry? Which power is it that can achieve victory in warfronts despite all enemy's weapons? Which big power is it that can inject fear in their hearts that they surrender in multitudes? While they hold up in shelters equipped with all sorts of provisions, your brothers attacked with G- 3 rifles from the open expanse of the desert. Our brothers frightened them that they had to down arms, or threw themselves in the river to survive. Others were killed and some decided to surrender.

Defeat of the country and captivity of the nation by creating discord

My brothers-in-faith should note what you have done and what divine mission you have to accomplish. Take note that you control the lifeline of the superpowers of the West and East and the enemy is aiming at you, who have driven them back with your powerful hand. Beware of their artifice, which is in progress every day. The oil workers should know that they are being targeted and those who want to bring this country to its knees seek to create discord among them. Beware that if, God forbid, a difference emerges among you, your captivity will be renewed. You, the nation and we were under the domination of big powers because of the corrupt former regime. Everywhere contractors were from among them and treated us as lowly servants. Your strong hand and the power of your faith sent them to to where they rightfully belong and hurled them to hell. Today, thank God, the power is in your own hands, and you are controlling all fields. You thwarted all the conspiracies they concocted. This very economic sanction was a divine blessing, causing the mind of our experts to be set in motion and, thank God, they are proceeding towards self-sufficiency. Let me end my speech and pray for you. May God keep this Islamic power and your vigilance! May God destroy the enemies of our nation and defuse their ruses and grant happiness, health and dignity to you and the Islamic nations.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.


امام خمینی (ره)؛ 09 خرداد 1361

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