In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Stability of the Islamic Republic and its non-reliance on individuals
I should thank all the armed forces whether gendarmerie, the military, IRGC, Committees, the volunteer mobilized forces and others because they stabilized the Islamic Republic with all their power. Our foreign and domestic enemies should know that the Islamic Republic has been stabilized in spite of the wish of the superpowers, the likes of hypocrites and the opponents of the Islamic Republic. God willing, it will never suffer any harm.
What I would like to say to you gentlemen is, as I have repeatedly pointed out, that you are victorious. What you are doing is a divine job, something that is for the sake of God. You should strive hard to purify your intention for the sake of God whether you slay or are slain. You are the people of salvation, yet you should strive hard purify your intention which is, thank God, already pure.
Every time I look at the eyes of those going to the warfronts, I really feel ashamed of myself. What station have they reached! What a station in mysticism, what a station in Gnosticism they have attained? With such eagerness for the sake of God, they swarm the warfronts.
Our enemies should know that the Islamic Republic, as presented to the world, has been so stable from the beginning that it is not dependent on anyone except the nation and the armed forces. It does not rely on any certain individuals. Those who spread rumors and say that a certain person has had a heart attack, another official is in his deathbed, and other such stuff should know that these things are facts of life. Everyone will die and so will we. But they should not feel happy about this. This is an affair that will happen, and you will see, God willing, that the Islamic Republic will remain whether we are around or not. They were the same persons who were glad of planting bomb in that center and killing 70,80 of our friends and leading persons. They were happy as they thought the Islamic Republic was over and done with. They saw that it was not destroyed and that people took to the streets in greater numbers than before doing those things.
Duty of all in the war
The situation is the same at present; they should not put themselves in trouble and similarly those who are around the Persian Gulf should not bother themselves in vain and sacrifice themselves for the sake of Saddam. Saddam is about to go. God willing, he would go soon. In any case, whether he would go or not, we have a duty to perform. Our nation, our Army, our IRGC and all our armed forces are fulfilling their duty. It is as if it is said that if a certain person is gone, people will not say their prayers. It is the duty. With the death of a person, people will not abandon their prayer and Hajj.
Today the issue of war is more important for us than the branches of religion. The war is not like the war others wage. It is a war that Islam is waging against disbelief; Islam is presently waging it against hypocrisy. This war is a religious obligation that people are performing. Whether I am around or not, they will perform it.
I hope that God will grant success to all of you and grant blessing to all those who returned to the mercy of the Lord and were martyred in this way for the sake of God. May God shower His mercy upon them and admit them to His banquet. May He also grant patience and health to the disabled of the war, those missing in action and all those who have suffered as the result of this war.
May God' peace and mercy be upon you.