In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
If the conquerors of the world take pride in the unknown soldier, the great Islam and the noble nation and our beloved conquerors take pride in thousands of unknown soldiers that are not concerned about name and awards and bring miraculous honors and innumerable victories for their Muslim country and beloved Islam and the human-rearing nation. There is a difference between the unknown soldiers that the material powers of the world take pride in and the soldiers that are reared by Islam and the doctrine of monotheism. The motivation of the former is attainment of power and is mostly tyranny while the motivation of the latter is God and the asking for right.
Essentially, the soldiers of Islam even if they are celebrated are unknown in this world. The most celebrated self-sacrificing soldier of in Islam is the Commander of the Faithful and he is the most unknown soldier. With which mystical, philosophical, political thinking and with which pen and language and expression can humankind describe this unknown soldier and recognize him and introduce him? The issue is the same given the maintenance of the respective standings. Our unknown soldiers on the warfronts and behind the warfronts are day and night sacrificing their youth and existence for Islam and the Divine doctrine and do not want to be celebrated and given awards and are not celebrated. Often because of organizational exigencies, their spouses, mothers and close relatives are unaware of the epic struggle they are engaging in and what values they are creating for the Revolution. You are more or less aware of their issues and their honorable epics; but until you do not visit their trenches that are the centers of worship of God and only look at things from afar, the depth of their sacrifice and their divine-mystical gatherings shall not become known. Our honorable and beloved youth, with their self-sacrifices and divinity on the internal fronts; right from the depth of the vast jungles to the caves and huge safe havens of the ungodly deviant elements- from the Democrats, the Kumulah to the munafiqin and Fada'iyan-e Khalq and so-called Muslim Peoples Party to the Toudeh Party and the rest of the minor and major groups- have battered them in such a manner that despite all its animosities, the world was left astounded and baffled. Attention to the security and information effectiveness of these unknown Guards Corps, Basij Volunteers, Komiteh and the Judiciary youths and other lovers of the path of God in arresting the treacherous leaders of the Toudeh Party who like the spotted serpent were engaging hypocritically in overthrowing Islam. Each of them had a lengthy record of twenty to thirty years in gathering intelligence, espionage and establishment activities and was highly specialized in these fields. It is a matter of honor for the nation of Islam to have such sacrificing youth and has caused astonishment and bafflement in the intelligence and espionage organizations throughout the world. This wonderment has not come about except with the guidance of the Exalted Truth and the exclusive attention of the Supreme Trustee of God- may our souls be sacrificed for him. The nation of Iran must give thanks and be grateful for this victory in its various dimensions especially its political aspects and endeavor to boost the strength of the gathering of the soldiers on the frontiers and inside the frontiers. It is most unfair that someone or some persons because of their useless beliefs criticize these guardians of Islam and protectors of the Islamic country.
O God, we thank You for these blessings that You have granted us and for having protected, us from the plots and treachery of the ill-wishers by means of these smitten youth and we cannot be thankful enough. O God, safeguard these beloved holy warriors of the path of God for our nation, bless the martyrs among them, and grant patience, reward, and bounties to their relatives and especially their parents and spouses.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini