Speech [Characteristics of aristocracy and government of the deprived]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

First of all, I should appreciate the gentlemen for taking the trouble to come here to meet each other and discuss some issues. The issues pointed out by the gentleman regarding the services rendered by the Ministry of Road and Transportation and the Ministry of Energy as well as the services rendered by the Education Ministry and the other ministries are some blessings of the rule of oppressed people. In the course of history, the aristocrats have always had a major say in the government and formed the skeleton of the governments, whether the government itself or the parliaments- the only exception being the first term of parliament after the constitutional revolution in Iran- the army and other organizations. Since they belonged to well-to-do social class and the skeleton of government was formed by such aristocrats. They were not aware of the sufferings of the poor, and did not understand the meaning of poverty. They would never think of these issues. Those who had been raised in the lap of luxury as of their childhood up to the time when they gained power in the government did not thought of the fact that there is another class, the oppressed class. In addition, if such thoughts crossed their mind, it was just a passing one. They thought as if this class did not exist and never spared a thought for those people. Therefore, in the course of history this oppressed and deprived layer throughout the course of history of monarchy and the period you experienced in the reign of Muhammad-Rida and some of you in time of Rida Khan, you see that government was the government of aristocracy. If in the assembly one or two people from deprived class would be found, they were in a tiny minority and could do nothing in the face of that absolute majority. Essentially, the essence of aristocratic government is disgraced for the needs of people. Hence, all the villages of Iran were deprived of almost all facilities a government should provide for these remote villages. There were few exceptions, but even in these cases, the landowners and aristocrats were at work. If there was, a village not owned by one of the aristocrats or one of the government agents, that village was deprived of all facilities. There was no electricity. Only recently, efforts have been made to supply power the villages. There were neither health care center nor any roads. If one became ill or a woman was about to give birth, there was no facility. They had to travel to a city or town but as there were no roads, the patient or that poor woman would die and only few of them could be cured. This is the situation of aristocrat governments in the world.

One of the great gifts God almighty has granted our nation is that the government is the government of the oppressed and the deprived. That is, those at the helm of government, when you notice, its president has come from a theology school and become president, its parliament Speaker has been a theology student and become parliament speaker. The head of government has come from bazaar and his father seems to be still working there. He has come from bazaar and how heads the government. All ministers, their deputies and representatives of people have the same background. Among officials, whether in the parliament or in the government you cannot find anyone like those people who were in charge of affairs in time of the monarchy. What distinguishes the government of the deprived and poor, a popular government is that parliament, the government, and ministers understand poverty and deprivation. They suffered deprivation and are aware of what the destitution and deprivation signifies. Therefore, the features of the deprived government are what I point out. One is that since they have felt deprivation, they can think of the deprived. They can understand that if there is no road and a patient in a village needs to be taken to a city, what troubles may ensue, because there is no road and the patient has to be taken on donkey or horseback. They understand what this means. This deprivation comes to their mind. They understand what deprivation from clinics and health care centers means. They understand what deprivation from waterpower means. Since they have felt these problems, they can understand- and in contrast to the layer who was formerly in charge of these affairs could not understand such sensitivities. That is to say, one who was brought up in the cradle of so-called aristocracy at that time and since the time he opened eyes, he would only see servants thought of this as the way of life in the country same. One cannot understand that there exist a class, which has no bread to eat, and there is a class cannot eke out a living. This is one of the features of the government of the deprived and poor.

One of the great features is that the government of the deprived no longer fears the powers. The feature of so-called nobles, aristocrats and the elite is for fear that they may lose their position or have their aristocratic title damaged, try to oppress the subordinates while bowing down to the superiors. One who was a prime minister, minister and in the course of history was among those in charge of affairs of the country did oppression to the subjects in every sense and when confronting a foreign ambassador, as the case might arise, he displayed utmost servitude. This is the feature of aristocracy. The so-called aristocracy displayed this concept and the feature of welfare-stricken government was their servility before the foreign embassies; on the other hand, they mistreated their own subjects and the deprived. As I have heard, Muhammad-Rida at the closing years of his crimes when Iran revolted and mounted that movement and revolution and foreigners found that they could no longer keep him in power and that no longer this puppet is of avail (useful), they said- some people from among themselves who were present there were quoted as saying- that when representative from the US came and said you should leave, he was sitting with a pen in his hand, trembled and the pen fell off his hand. He was so desperate (abject). However, in dealing with the nation, you saw what he did. The government of the deprived is characterized by the fact that today if the US president comes here and wants to speak harshly to one of the staff of our offices, our government, he will receive a slap. In the former government, government officials did not think of the fact that it was possible to treat the American embassy or the Soviet Union's embassy in a way done by the government of the deprived. It was impossible for them to think of this subject. Today the feature of the government of the deprived is that they have no fear. The US is sitting on the other side of the oceans, gives order to the bullying governments, and these governments obey them all. However, in Iran where the government of the deprived rules, nobody cares a fig about the US. In the story of Iran's oil when Saddam or one of his ministers had threatened to hit our oil installations threatened to purchase French fighters and hit the oil installations of Iran, Iran and the Iranian employers stood and said if such a thing was done, we would close oil to all countries. This is a fact. The US is sitting on the other side of the world and says they will ensure the security of the Persian Gulf. Before they think of this, it has already been done by Iran. The US should try to cut his servants and the likes of Saddam down to size. The US should not think of inflicting a blow on Iran. (Show a masterwork). Iran is the rule of people and popular government is not afraid of what the US says. It is the government of the oppressed and deprived. They fear nothing. They are not afraid that due to some events they may lose their position. There is no position at work. No one of them thinks of holding a position just to boast of. No one of them has an aristocratic life style to fear to be deprived of. Since it is the rule of faith, they martyrdom. Therefore, the US and the likes of the US do not imagine that if they gave orders in the past, in time of the Shah and Rida Khan and Muhammad-Rida Khan and were carried out are also applicable here now. Not at all! No such thing is possible. If today an ambassador of yours wants to insult our employees, if he is not punished here, the least is to expel him. The government is the government of the deprived and the deprived have no fear of these affairs. It was the government of the aristocrats, which would flinch when you browbeat them. It is now the government of the deprived, the masses of people, the deprived, bazaar, street, workers, and farmers. The government is theirs. Such a government, with this composition it enjoys, has no fear. What is there to fear? Should they fear martyrdom? There are many who wish martyrdom. Should be they afraid of losing their position? There is no position at work to be taken. Do they fear, I don' know, the parks, villages, etc. to be taken from them. They have no park, no village. This is the feature of the government of the deprived that is afraid of neither this superpower nor that one. It is not afraid of war either. Do you think if such a war broke out in the past, our country would have the same situation it has, with people defending both the fronts and behind the fronts, delivering the US a slap in the face? Saddam is a nonentity, and this is a slap in the face of the US, which removed the collar of this wretched creature, tempted him and louded him in such a state. Today is a day when our people do not fear the war. Why should they fear war? Do they fear that anyone may enter their land? Right! They will drive them out. No one can enter here. Do they fear coups? Who is there to stage a coup? Who can launch a coup in this country? A country in which all are equipped and prepared, even women? This is another feature of the government of the deprived that they do not fear. No longer, can embassies denigrate government of Iran. Formerly, the government belonged to embassies. Once there was the British Embassy that controlled everything followed by American Embassy. Now no embassy here can say a word that may offend our staff, whether the Soviet Embassy or the American Embassy or the others. This is a characteristic of the government of people compared to the government of aristocrats. A popular government's greatest property is that they have no fear at all.

Yet another feature of the government of the deprived is that people support the government. If people, half of the people, backed Muhammad-Rida, would these disasters befall him? People whole-heartedly support this government. If the government turns into trouble, it is the people who remove that trouble. If the government is dragged into a war, it is the people who will rush to the fronts and render services behind the frontlines. This is a salient feature of popular governments. Today since parliaments is a popular Parliament, it can think of the deprived. The Parliaments in the past could not think of the deprived because there were no deprived members among them. If there were, there were only one or two who could do nothing. Today, however, Parliament is the one whose deputies have suffered deprivation. There is none of those aristocrats and nobles and their likes among them. Although some devious ones are among them, there is no news of those aristocrats and nobles. Such a government can serve this country. Such a Majlis is backed by people in the street and bazaar. This is one of the big properties of popular government that they have not fear of events. Big powers should note that today they do not enjoy the graud cure they used to have at the time of Muhammad-Rida or Rida Khan.

Today there is no demand for those words; they are empty. We have been recommending the gulf sheikhs and those who rule in other Islamic countries for several times that they should beware not to treat our country like this. One day they will wake up and that time will be late. The government of Hijaz will come to its sense a day when the story is over. It should start to revise its actions now. Prevention of the Iranian Hujjaj (pilgrims) is not something the government of Hijaz can do. The government of Hijaz is not that strong to prevent our pilgrims, yet it can create trouble. By causing this trouble, it will awaken a day when the time is over and can no longer apologize. Those who claim they are the custodians of the Ka'aba and those living a country where the House of God is located, should not think that the House of God belongs to them and that they are the custodians of it. The House of God belongs to the entire Muslims. American advisors in Hijaz live in great comfort and take from the money and oil of the deprived people to their heart's content, but Iranian Hujjaj are detrimental to them. It is clear why they are harmful, because when a government is puppet of a state it has to preserve the interests of that state. We ask why to be an underdog? We want Islamic states to be proud and master over the world in the same way Iran's government is today. Why should you degrade yourselves so much against the US, that you do not dare to hear others say a word against the US or Israel in Mecca, asking Iran not to send its Hujjaj- 100,000 pilgrims to Mecca? Iran will send all its pilgrims or will not send any one at all. I advise the government of Hijaz not to treat Muslims like this and not to side with the enemies of Islam and the Holy Houses. I advise them to come to their senses before it is too late. Do not wait until it is too late to apologize. Study the situation of Saddam. Saddam and the government of Iraq was stronger than all governments of the region and has become so desperate today that it does not know what to do, extending a begging hand to this or that but to no avail.

I warn the states the Persian Gulf, and the regional states to stop their animosity towards Iran and their support of Saddam so that the Ba`ath Party falls into ruin and Iraq is ruled by Muslims. Let Iraq be controlled by people as the people of Iran are doing so Iraq should have the same situation. Islamic government is better for all sheikdoms of the region than the hallow US power.

You should reconsider your words. Don't sit in your big palaces and think that now that you are in the palace you can do anything against Iran. I fear that Iranian pilgrims may not be allowed to go to Mecca, which might cause all Muslims to burst into rage against the Sheikhs. In that case, there would be no trace of sheikhs or of American relations, in which case there will remain nothing of the sheikhs or of the US relations. Come to your senses and note that this story is the story of Islam, this is explicit objection to the Qur'an. How can one who the Qur'an have Islamic government and serve as custodian of Mecca? Since I would like to treat all Muslims and governments moderately and never like to treat them violently, I ask them to reconsider their view and revise their ideas. The day when you are in trouble the US will not be of any help to you in the same way that the US is of no use for Saddam and constantly says we are neutral. It does not say," We are also involved." Basically, they want to pit Muslims against each other and take advantage of it. They do not want to see their troops are killed for Saddam and others. Other regional governments should wake up and Saddam's affliction can serve as a lesson to them. If they return and embrace Islamic method, God Almighty will forgive them and we are obedient to the rule of God.

I hope that God will keep this believing people of Iran healthy and grant success to the government- the Islamic government to serve this oppressed class. Those who are engaged in ministries or in the Parliament should serve the nation. May God grant success to you all!

May God's peace and mercy be upon you!