Speech [Unrecognized essence of the Islamic Republic for the world - false claims of Saddam about his peaceful intentions]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I am thankful for the presence of these dearly loved personalities with luminous and spiritual appearances who have come here and always remember to pray for all the classes- especially the soldiers of Islam can never be forgotten. You must pay attention to the fact that the Islamic Republic is made up of such power that is unrecognizable for the world. Basically this composition is unprecedented in the world; a combination of the army and the religious authorities; a combination of a priest and a soldier; a combination of such type of a president, certain sort of a parliament speaker and that specific kind of a prime minister. Such combination is exceptional and unrecognized. Thus, the plots, being hatched in the world against this Revolution are nullified because they have no acquaintance with such type of combination and have no knowledge of precedence of this manner of flowing together. The existing combination among the government and administrators, the coordination among authorities and the people is an exceptional coordination. The learned personalities throughout the world knew vindictive army, ruthless government, and an oppressed people who must always face oppression. At present, neither your leaders, nor government, commanders, army, Guards Corps," Basij" the volunteers mobilization forces, police and other defense and security forces don't match with the authorities of the era of that type of vindictive regime and doesn't go with composition system of the other countries all over the world. This new creation has taken birth in this era and epoch so that the experts and scholars, who were familiar with those affairs, are not able to identify with this new conception. They can neither understand the idea of such creation nor recognize the motives behind its actions because they are not able to understand the faith in their hearts. They were acquainted with a different type of creatures beyond this creation, which has been born in this era.

At present, you can notice that your views about your commanders, do not match with the views of those persons existed previously. Similarly, your commanders don't carry the same views of former. The commanders, in the former era, regarded their subordinates like slaves, treated them like servants, and were not ready to take a seat beside of them in private gathering or listen to the grievances of dear public in order to understand them. Now your commanders are of your own kind; they belong to your encirclement while you also are the apple of their eyes and are in their embrace.

The fact that all the plots are being nullified and all allocated budgets and resources being spent against us throughout the world are being thrown to the wind of destruction and getting in vain. It is due to our unknown essence and creation. This creation is a new creation. The world has recently given birth to such a creation and it will take long to recognize it. Whenever they identify it then all shall take notice of it. Your rivals are opposing an unidentified creature and phenomenon and they do not know whom you are. The transformation that has taken place among all individuals of this nation including the army, the Guards Corps and all the defense and security forces is a divine transformation to which the eyes and ears of the world is blind and deaf. They cannot grasp what you want; they cannot understand the meaning of an Islamic army. This Islam is different from the certain Islam, which is adopted by many of these governments and varies from the Islam that you have understood. This army is dissimilar to existing armies of the current world and is completely distinctive. The commanders of the army, everywhere that you observe regard the military personnel like their slaves and the military personnel is forced to regard them as superiors. Today, the army of Iran is not of this kind. Neither their personnel are of that kind and nor their commanders are those type of commanders and nor do the commanders view their so-called subordinates as being lower ranking and higher ranking; and nor the personnel view them as being of a ranking to whom they should not communicate at all.

There existed a kind of army, which was so oppressive and harsh throughout the history of kingdom, including the previous regime and the former Governments. If there existed a gendarmerie force, it was just employed within the homeland to oppress the people. If there was a police force, it was engaged to violate the rights of the innocent. You all remember that a few years ago, while the regime of Muhammad-Rida took the control over this country by force, what was your status- not only personally- but those working as a part of military mission; how they used to behave with their subordinates and how they were behaved by their superiors. The generals, lieutenant generals and their colleagues used to act snobbishly and behave like masters whenever they came across with innocents and subordinates to make their superiors delighted. While facing a foreigner who was of a much lower ranking than they in they were army, they would behave humbly. This was because of having no ideology and knowing nothing as regards with Islam and they were very ignorant about Islam.

Today, you are present here and are favored by the Exalted and Blessed God to study in the defense colleges of such a regime. You should know that recently your condition is different from earlier. You are the army of God and the military of the Imam of the Age- may God's peace be upon him- and you must know that your circumstance is different from earlier. Along with, studying at the defense colleges and military academies, you go to the frontline and gain practical experience. The knowledge of practical sciences and disciplines itself is not important but its practical aspects are more significant. Although the commanders or the officers in the previous army had undergone military training, yet they had no practical experience. They brought up subjugated army under the oppression of foreigners and foreign advisers from youth until its higher echelons. They passed all stages through influence and oppression; it is evident that situation and status of the persons working in the army trained under foreigners influence will also be similar to the suppressed and subjugated people. The army they were trained to adapt themselves within the existed circumstances and accept orders from foreigners but today you have resisted against all powers of the world. Recently you move towards frontline of the war with a zeal and zest in order to gain practical training concurring with your studies in your college. You not only have the opportunity to read and write but also get a chance to put it into practice. One of the blessings and outcome of imposed war, being pursued by our troops, young generation and students of defense colleges, is to gain practical experience, since having command over only theoretical aspects is not adequate yet basic requirement towards practical steps. You are today learning to practice in the fronts.

Today, you are the apple of our eyes and we take a pride of your existence. You must become a powerful and an independent army for Islam. The army is considered as one of the pillars of state and, the existence of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps is great support for our country. The soldier and certain army cannot be proving themselves useful if mentality of degradation has developed among them. The mentality of dishonoring and degradation was developed among armed forces during the period of former regimes. The foreign advisors, who were foreigners, had developed a culture and mentality of humiliation and degradation among the armed forces; consequently, they used to misbehave even with our commanders. At present, the nation believes in your esteem and none could be found aims at your insulting. Recently, neither commanders intend to insult their personnel, nor subordinates acknowledge it. Our opponents are unable to understand the nature of such setup, consequently, their plots never lead to success, and their efforts could not be proved fruitful. Although they believe that, they were able to understand other places yet admit to remain unsuccessful in dealing matters regarding with Iran.

Since your, setup consists of the persons totally focused on spirituality as its troops recite supplications and the midnight prayers at the frontlines. They concentrate all its energies fighting with an army whose characteristics were examined through those who had chance to witness their settlement. These are essentially of two kinds. You will not be able to find today such a combination anywhere in the world such an army, Guards Corps, Basij and the rest of the forces that you possess here even if you explore throughout the world, because it has originated from Divine sources which consists of the person from religious authorities, military, gendarmerie, police, Guards Corps,, the Basij and the nation. Although all of them have a single, entities yet form a unique Divine combination. This compound creation is has led toward a special Divine combination which is unrecognizable and they cannot grasp over your intentions and desires.

The persons similar to Saddam or Husayn «1» or Hasan «2» cannot be acquainted with the kind of peace, which is being sought by us. They regard peace like the peace in bygone eras whereby the governments would pretend peace among themselves yet at the same time they would be thinking deep down of moving toward war and would be looking for an opportunity to be involved in the war and raid and attack all and sundry. Those who can recall the Second World War still bear in mind that after one side gained victory over the other, subsequently, they planned to attack over their own alliances.

Although Soviet Union and England were allies, yet at the same time Churchill «3» believed to plan a war against the Soviet Union. The parliament opposed it and prevented it from launching such war because of fear to be faced with defeat. They have such perception and peace of Saddam is of this type. This kind of peace has not originated from Islam and they do not seek for truly peace. From the day of aggression against us, and the day we took stand as defense, there were certain authorities seeking for peace. Of course, they were not seeking certain kind of peace intended by Saddam yet aimed at proposing humanitarian and Divine kind of peace. They wanted that when they would make peace with a country, subsequently, they would also become brothers with government and country in the same way as they would become brothers with the inhabitants of that country. However, with whom should we become brothers, whether with a person who claims that he is peaceful despite of committing aggression and so many crimes! In a recent interview, his latest statements are very spectacular, which I came to know about it today. One of the expressions reflected his perception from religion, Islam and the Islamic world that one should not commit aggression against other countries! You examine that what power is required and what kind of heart one must have inside to have the guts to utter such a thing in the presence of the persons, who all know that he is telling a lie! Now suppose if his army was also unaware, then it was something.

However, his own army also knows who they are and who they were. They claim that they are not like others, seeking peace and learnt from Islam for not committing aggression. Today, they are been saying such type of things at the time when they have been thrown out, after the victory that you have gained recently. The gentlemen have brought plans and gave briefing and we had already heard about it. According to their statements, it was the greatest spiritual victory and considering that now, they hold sway over Iraq and keeping under control some of the cities of Iraq. This victory was greater than other victories. Yet a few days ago, Saddam again claimed that we had attacked but his forces had repulsed the attack and battered our forces! If we were battered then how was it that without being defeated you had gone to the Security Council, sent emissaries to the `Arab governments, and requested the Security Council not to allow any aggression to be involved! If you had repulsed then there was no need for consulting to the Security Council to intervene. How was it that you got nervous and assigned emissaries here and there to all the countries of the world to find a solution for your survival! You are victorious and do not require doing such type of things. The difference between an Islamic government and an Islamic army with a non-Islamic government and a non-Islamic army is that even if, God forbid, they do not seek the assistance of others even in case of facing defeat. They consider it against their dignity and never tolerate to seek help from others. They are Muslims and seek help before the court of God. One who consults to the Court of God will overcome everyone.

I hope that you, the beloved, who are in the Military Officers Academy and considered as the future of Iran and Islam, with devotion to the Exalted and Almighty God and consolidation of your faith, and pursuant to intellectual independence is the practical independence, which complete your studies. You are the apple of all our eyes, I hope, God willing, you bring to this nation greater victories as a gift in the future.

One of the issues that I must mention for this beloved nation and the youth is to focus on this Military defense colleges and military officers academies to take admission in this subject that is important for Iran today. I hope that with the devotion of the nation itself for these centers and taking admissions and so forth; we will form a powerful army. Praise be to God; the army is powerful at the present time yet even it may become more powerful even than recent so we never face humiliation before any power.

May God protect all of you! We repeat the subject that we are people, who are defending for the sake of Islam; we have been attacked and we shall defend against the aggression. This was so clear and right even at the commencement and initial stage. However, at the same time, that we were peaceful from the beginning and peace is one of the matters that we acknowledge for the sake of Islam. We seek for an Islamic peace whereby we become brothers after making peace. However, a such kind of peace where they do not pay heed to who has committed the aggression here, and do not take into consideration the losses and damages that have been inflicted and must be compensated. This is not real peace and we should call it as" Saddam's peace"! This is not real peace; a peace that aims at the plunder of a country and brings destruction. Even now, they have set the crude oil in Naft-Shahr on fire with such intention that there should be little crude left in it after we have thrown them out. We are being faced with such beings and creatures. How can we sit down unconditionally and talk about peace? We shall not accept even if the Security Council proposes in such way. We or any other sensible shall not be able to accept even if the entire world put forward their proposals in such manner. All the delegations arrived here from the beginning and shall perhaps come later will examine that we have only one thing to declare is that we accept peace and welcome an Islamic and honorable peace; a peace that recognizes what the aggressor has committed; a peace that must compensate for the losses inflicted upon this country. We do not accept a peace whereby on the one hand they talk of `peace' while on the other hand it rains artillery shells on innocent and helpless civilian people. Saddam's claim to peace is exactly and precisely similar to claims of peace made by America, Israel, or comparable with the claims of mass popularity of" munafiqin" and deviants. On the one hand, they claim that they are working for the public masses; while on the other hand, they commit crimes against such helpless masses. Until now, they have not done a single good deed or taken action but assassinated those, who in their opinion occupy positions, authorities and the wealthy persons. Reality is that whomever they have assassinated were among the local grocer, vendor, or coal retailer; and whenever they want to flex their muscles too much, consequently, commit such actions and then deny it.

Israel also claims that it never interferes and get involved in such affairs and the horrible crimes that took place in Lebanon. They claimed that they were a humanitarian people, valued human lives and had never committed such crimes! These people are also similar to them. They also are individuals who love the nation! They are individuals who are supporters of the masses yet what do they set on fire! Where do the explosions take place? In the downtown areas and sites where laborers and similar classes prepare to return home to their wives and children or hostels, where lower classes of the society are leading their lives- specifying the difference in terms of wealth and not from other aspects- frequent live there. This is how they oppress them. Really, the world today is suffering from a chronic disease whose treatment cannot be found in such things. The world is ailing including the heads of all states, except very few, cannot name one, two, or three of them; the heads of all the states have poisoned the people and have poisoned the minds of their own people and have crippled their own nations. They have humiliated their nations so much, put so much economic pressure on them, these helpless people have toiled so hard, and the fruits of their hard work have been plundered by others. Consequently, they have been rendered invalid and their minds have been destroyed. It requires someone to come and revive their thinking. I hope that God willing, the Savior Imam arrives sooner and that this genuine physician of humanity reforms them with his messianic breath.

May God cause all of us to succeed in becoming the servants of this nation, servants of Islam and servants of the weak and oppressed of the world.

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