In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Greetings to the brave tribal people of Iran! Greetings to the zealous fighters who have made up the most strenuous defenders of Islam and Islamic country in the course of the Islamic history of Iran, and have constantly safeguarded the borders, deserts, mountains and the expanse of our country thwarting all plots of the enemy. Salutations to you dear people who have occasionally endured the hardest of ecological conditions and greatest shortages and deprivations, tolerated difficulties, have never into the hands of aliens and sold-out individuals and uncontrollable flunkeys who are on the lam but have ostracized and repelled them instead. Greetings to you lions and lionesses who gave hope to the brave combatants by mobilizing the tribal people and dispatching material aid and rendering other cooperation whether in frontlines or behind the frontlines, providing a solid support for warriors and contributing to discovery and neutralization of the plots of the enemies. From here, I extend my salutations to you, dear ones, and press your hands warmly. I hope that you will continue to serve as a strong impenetrable dam against the enemies of Islam and your Islamic country. It is my hope that you will keep uncontaminated the pure and clear tribal environment from the poisonous propaganda operations launched by hirelings of the aliens and block the roads to all of their conspiracies, vigilantly thwarting their traitorous plots. It is hoped that God Almighty will help you in traversing this sacred path and grant you success, and that you also will never forget God in all stages of your life.
Finally, I ask the government officials to quickly remove your problems and shortages in addition to other responsibilities they shoulder. God willing, after the end of war and reconstruction of war-ravaged regions, priority will be given to attending to your problems and removing the complications. God's peace, mercy and blessings are upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini