In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Infinite praise is due to God. Today, 15 Khordad 1361 AHS, marks the anniversary of Khordad 1342 as the event which molded the auspicious revolution of the great people of Iran and the day when the seed of the great Islamic Revolution was planted. The dear nation should seek this blessed event and seed on the evening of `Ashoura 1383 AH which coincided with the hours of the martyrdom of the Master of the oppressed and martyrs, when the pure blood of Imam Husayn was shed on the seething earth of the desert of Karbala and irrigated the root of the Islamic revolution. The honorable people of Iran staged the crushing uprising on the inauspicious anniversary of the explosive disaster falling on 15 Khordad 1342, inspired by the events of `Ashoura. If it were not for `Ashoura and its warmth and fervor, it would not be clear whether such a revolution without organization and precedence could materialize. The tragic `Ashoura event inspires revolutions at any juncture from 61 AH to Khordad of (13) 61 and thence onward to the revolution of the Savior (may our souls be sacrificed for him). On that day, the Yazidis dug their own graves and registered their downfall and the fall of their criminal and oppressive regime. And on 15 Khordad 1342, the Pahlavi sympathizers and their criminal leaders dug their own graves, and brought about their downfall and eternal damnation. The honorable people of Iran, thank God, send curses upon their graves powerfully and triumphantly.
The anniversary of 15 Khordad in 1360 differs from that in 1361, which we are witnessing. In 1360, the country and honorable people had, unfortunately, many problems such as the imposed war, treason of some treacherous elements in favor of the foreign powers and acts of sabotage by corrupt elements ranging from the munafiqin to other devious terrorist groups, resulting in the martyrdom of a large number of our dear ones who were committed to Islam and the Islamic Republic. However, thank God, on the anniversary of 15 Khordad 1361, our powerful combatants with sacrifices and devotion backed by God Almighty and inspired by the Savior (may our souls be sacrificed for him) and the support of the honorable people across the country, emerged victorious over the warmongers and are taking the last steps, while the criminal Saddamites are in the agony of death. And the sinister designs of the domestic mischief-makers and mercenary groups came to naught, thanks to the efforts of the revolutionary guards, disciplinary and mobilized forces and the cooperation of the dear nation. In 1360, through the intense activity of the traitors and those affiliated to the US aided by the evil hand of ingenious criminals and terrorists and their diabolic tricks, a rift was about to emerge between the revolutionary guards, these committed and selfless youth and the dear fighters of the army whose sacrifices we are witnessing in the warfronts. God knows where this innocent country would be ushered in with this sinister plan and what would befall this honorable nation and Islam. By the will of the great God and through the efforts of the Majlis (Islamic Consultative Assembly) and with the support of the noble people in 1361 on the anniversary of Khordad 1342, these germs of corruption and treason and American master criminals were removed from the scene and slid into the grave of oblivion.
Today, with gratitude to the favors of God Almighty, the armed forces command such solidarity and unity that frighten the ill-wishers. Despite the false propaganda launched by the blathering enemy's mass media apparatus, the unity of expression and fraternity are very strong among the legislative, the judiciary and the executive branches- something that is unprecedented in history. I hope that, this divine ray that shines on Iran, thanks to Islam and the commitment to it, will continue. Let the defeated enemies and isolated ill-wishers whose hands have been curtailed from everything content themselves with these notorious lies and childish wishes. They fabricate that Iran is anxious for power and the clerics line up for holding the rein of affairs, that Iran will be embroiled in chaos in the near future after such and such events and that the Islamic Republic will be transformed into a secular democratic republic! Let them know that they will not live to see these pleasant dreams come true. Thank God, dear Iran has reached a level of stability that Islamic amity prevails among all organizations, and with the death of individuals, whoever he may be, the country will not suffer. No one, except their dreamy friends, listens to these lies. In our life in this revolution and prior to this, we have seen incredible and wonderful scenes ranging from Rida Khan roaming in religious theaters and kindling candles, to Muhammad-Rida publishing the Qur'an and wearing a pilgrimage garb, from Saddam becoming a devoted and pious Muslim to Carter becoming Islamologists, making pronouncements of religious decrees for Muslims to wage Jihad( holy war )against Iran and to Begin's and Reagan's spokesmen making threats. Perhaps if we live longer, we may see them in mosques and in queues for congregational prayers! Exactly at a time when the Islamic Republic invites Muslims to Islamic unity in an attempt to protect the Islamic lands and the holy shrines, a proposal comes from the hub of revelation to mount Jihad against Iran in an attempt to thwart the cry for unity. They beat their chests in favor of the US, the enemy of Islam, and Israel, which is struggling to occupy lands from the Euphrates to the Nile and exercise domination over the holy shrines. In about two years, when the `Aflaqite Saddam aggressed upon Islamic Iran and destroyed the cities of Iranian-Arab Muslims and slay the young and old with artillery, missile and other weapons, the world-devouring governments and their paws did not condemn him (Saddam) and the human rights organizations and the like had kept mum. Today, however, when the half-dead body of Saddam and the infidel Ba`ath party of Iraq are in the agony of death, all propaganda horns and apparatuses run by the world-devourers and their affiliates cry for peace and seek assistance from Israel, Egypt and Jordan. The US occasionally threatens Iran. It has not yet realized that Iranians who rose up to curtail the influence of America, and who wholeheartedly Jihad in the cause of God are not afraid of such threats. If the Muslims of the world waken up from their slumber and get united with each other, no power can threaten them. Iranian authorities have always invited them to brotherhood and unity at any opportunity. It is hoped that they will come to their senses and do not barter away their human and Islamic prestige with mundane things offered by the satanic powers. You (Islamic countries) should not rise up against the Islamic Republic and sacrifice yourselves for the Aflaqigte Saddam and his masters. Shake the hands of brotherhood with the Islamic Republic, which is ready to back you in order to rescue you and the Islamic countries. Otherwise, the great people of Iran and its valorous armed forces will not undertake any responsibility before God Almighty and Islamic countries for any event that may befall them at their own hands. The Iranian nation cannot be indifferent to events posing a threat to Islamic countries, particularly to the land of revelation and where the holy shrines are located. The people of Iran, like other Muslims of the world, are responsible before God for the predicaments and threats underway to undermine Islam. Today, the most dangerous of these threats are the Camp David peace plan and Fahd plan, which will endorse Israel and its crimes. All of us, particularly the Saudi government, are responsible before Islam and the Holy Qur'an and the future generations. I fear that nations and Islamic governments come to their senses when, God forbid, Israel has attained its tyrannical and criminal goals by means of the criminal US. I consider support for the idea of an independent Israel and its recognition to be a disaster for Muslims and Islamic governments, deeming opposition to it to be a great Islamic obligation. I seek refuge in the great God from these machinations concocted by pseudo-Muslims against Islam.
The great Iranian nation keeps alive the anniversary of 15 Khordad as the Day of God. The people of Iran will not forget the honor the honor of this uprising in which, with clenched fists their pure blood, people stood against the tyrannical Pahlavi monarchical dynasty and laid the solid foundation for the Islamic Revolution that culminated in the downfall of the most powerful criminal in the region. The Iranian nation is now celebrating the sacrifices and struggles of the brave youth of the Islamic country, who laid the foundation emerging from darkness into light, from being humbled into being proud and from slavery into independence. The people of Iran commemorate the Doyen of Martyrs, who cried on the night of `Ashoura" Alas! We never surrender to abjection" «1» and the 15 Khordad and the ensuing days of God that enjoyed the warmth of the divine light of `Ashoura and the sun of beauty of the Husayn, attaining to knowledge from the rays of his guidance and resistance in the face of the falsehood. May God Almighty guide this nation, which has sacrificed everything including their brave dear ones whose tall stature was firm as eternity and whose warmth of blood was exhilarating like the love of the elegant beauty of the Truth in the cause of the friend at the altar of sacrifice as of 15 Khordad 1342 to Bahman 1357 with the light of His guidance, making them prolific with the manifestation of His omnipotence and firm with His refreshing ray for restoring the right and invalidating the wrong, not divesting them of this unity and dignity. There is nothing to fear and no power but God. God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you. «2»
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini