Speech [Importance of the role of Islamic associations, successes of the popular serving government]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I thank you dear students who are the future of the Islamic country for having come here and for meeting with you on this cold day. You know that whatever good and bad befalls a nation, dependence or independence, being subjugated and chained and suppression or freedom are contingent upon the university training. The role that a university plays in a country is an important matter and is a great role so that if it plays this great role in a proper way, the country shall attain its lofty objectives. These two factions of university and Faydiyyah theological school, that praise be to God, have today consolidated their unity and together have become one member of the society, can cause a country to attain true independence and freedom. However, if, God forbid, these two strata deviate, then know for sure that the country and the commandments of Islam shall be drawn towards deviation. For this reason, the task that you the dear students have- which is focusing on Islamic issues of the university- is a very crucial and valuable task and on the other hand, it is also very responsive.

The matter, which I have stressed to the various strata with whom, I have met and which I advise and emphasize to you the beloved youth is that the Islamic associations must take care that these deviant elements do not penetrate in these associations. Rest assured that these deviant elements and hypocrites and those whose hands have been shortened from this country want to penetrate in all parts of the country and especially in the universities that are the academic centers and centers for all round human perfection. It is possible that individuals that are very pious outwardly, become more pious even than you in your presence and cry out" oh Islam!" but God forbid, may be of the deviant elements. In the same way that Satan comes in different guises and misleads human beings by means of every trick, these, too, are human devils that take various forms, and guises and God forbid, infiltrate among you. If God forbid, if such an infiltration occurs, then know there is deviation involved and even though it may not be in the short term but in the long term, there will be deviation. Therefore, you must make your utmost efforts and judgment in selection of individuals to these associations and pay attention that the individuals are persons whose past record before the Revolution and within the course of the Revolution is well known and they are admitted to these associations after their credentials have been thoroughly established. The activities of these associations are very valuable but they have such responsibilities, which is also immense. Also the responsibility of paying attention to all aspects of the university and supervision of all aspects of the university in order to ascertain that no deviation occurs; a deviant professor- God forbid- does not enter and the university administration- God forbid- are not of the deviant elements; are also of the crucial tasks that must be looked into carefully. However, attention in the sense that for every minor issue you must not put aside the people because you belong to" Hizbullah" (party of God) dismiss individuals that are pious even if they had made a mistake in the past or committed a wrong that was obligatory. Whatever you do must be appealing and persons that are at present doing a good job and are useful should remain in the universities and continue to educate and to train with the supervision that all the students have in the affairs.

In any case, the task is an important one; and the important task demands an important responsibility. I hope that you the dear brothers and the beloved of the nation succeed in this Islamic-humanitarian task; and our universities, God willing, reopen and continue with their job and facilitate the affairs that are necessary for this nation.

However, you and we have many tasks ahead of us, which the devils have once again want to prevent from being implemented. One is the same Assembly of Experts that today is the center of attention of all. The Assembly of Experts is an assembly that you and the nation must know is the backbone of the country. It is for safeguarding the security of the country and safeguarding the independence of the country and protecting the freedom of the country. If there is any negligence in this task, it will be a negligence that cannot be rectified later. As is announced and the day on which it is announced that the people should go and cast their vote for those whom the elders have nominated, then those who wish to cast their votes should go and cast their vote. They are free to elect whichever person they want; but they must participate. They should- God forbid- fulfill the aims and aspirations that the colonialists pursue in Iran. To avoid participation in this matter is the aspiration of those who wish to mislead these countries and this Islamic state of ours and to plunder whatever resources they posses. For this reason, I advise the whole nation; I advise the women and men that whoever have reached the legal age limit should participate in this election, in these assembly elections and to cast their votes for the nominated individuals for whomever they wish but they must participate. This is one of the important tasks, which we have on hand and today they are trying to ensure that this does not happen. They attempt to disrupt it; they find faults and all these disruptions are because they are afraid of this assembly; they are afraid lest it becomes a reality; they are apprehensive of its ability to do its job at the right moment. For this reason, they do not want this to take place because today, after their hands have been cut off from the pillaging and they have been defeated on the war-front and are facing defeat, and have been defeated both inside and outside the country. Now once again, they are after weakening the assembly and the government; they are after sowing discord among the people in order to make the task more difficult for the government or for the Assembly.

You should know that these disruptions and the individuals that circulate rumors; these are not in the interests of the nation; it is not for your good; it is not for the good of Islam. Today, the parliament and the government are bodies, which we must protect them. We must try to protect this government and protect this legislature. It is this concerned government that has rendered and is rendering remarkable services but because the destruction is so extensive and there are so many problems. There is the war; there are the economic sanctions; there is the opposition of almost all the countries of the world except a few; there is the problem of their assisting our enemies and not helping us; there is disruption at work for the nation of Iran. Thus, under such circumstances, they want to sow discord inside the country in order to exploit those differences.

You should know that if this unity, which exists between the Muslims and especially it has been realized among the nation of Iran is destroyed, we shall return- God forbid- to the same corrupt regimes that destroyed all the resources of this country and prevented the intellectual mind of these our youth from working. Now that three or four years have elapsed from the establishment of the Islamic Republic, we are seeing that everywhere, with the efforts of the government and the efforts of the youth, the tasks are being performed. The factories are operating by the efforts of the youth themselves. Even though we are engaged in a war since three years, yet the government has performed in that manner, has served in that manner, and has not let our country to borrow money from abroad. Whereas Saddam whom all the wealthy and powerful countries are supporting and cooperating and are giving him grants freely and so forth, yet he has wasted billions of his own foreign currency and has borrowed billions. On the other hand, our government, praise be to God, with the efforts that it makes and God willing, with the unanimity of view that exists among the cabinet; and with the unity that exists between the nation and the government, has managed to increase the foreign currency reserves significantly while it has not borrowed from anywhere so far. We should be thankful to such a government.

If at all there is some shortcoming, for example, know for sure that it is not because of bad intention that they are not working and if they make a mistake, they must be reminded in a sensible manner. When you remind them in a logical way, they should take steps to rectify them. I declare to the entire nation that today opposition to the government, opposition to the legislative assembly, opposition to the Islamic Republic, opposition with the existing bodies in the Islamic Republic is opposition to Islam and shall end in the destruction of this country and this nation. All must be supportive and all must pay attention to the fact that under such circumstances, these problems shall God willing, be solved gradually. The nation must be thankful for this. If as soon as some issue appears unsavory to someone, he should not immediately launch an attack, cause disruption and weaken the government. Similarly, with regard to the legislative assembly, for the legislative assembly is at the head of all the affairs. The nation must endorse it and should never weaken it. I hope that the nation pays total attention and I hope that you succeed in this consolidation of unity that you have in mind and the nation succeeds in consolidation of unity among all the individuals in the country, among all the individuals that are busy doing service so that they all keep busy with their job and work with assurance. The cause for indifference and lethargy should not be facilitated; the nation must be a cause of assurance for the legislative assembly and the government so that they are able to perform their duties. May God guide all of you and the entire nation on the straight path and enable us all to be in the service of Islam and the Muslims and the country.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.