Speech [Impact of the nation's awakening upon extensive propaganda of the enemies]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

I extend my greetings and felicitations to all deprived Muslim nations, all the downtrodden of the world and our honorable nation on today's occasion which is one of the greatest feasts of Islam.

This great feast is the fountainhead of all the blessings in the world and the axis of unity of the world Muslims. Today, with such a short time, I cannot talk about the blessings of this feast. It is hoped that the speakers and writers would strive along this line and point out the blessings of the birth of these two great personages. What I would like to say is that this feast coincides with a day the Iranian nation should celebrate for many reasons. One is the victory of the Iranian nation in the world, in the warfronts as well as on the home front and in all the Muslim countries as well as non-Muslim countries. One important thing for which I should congratulate you today is this strong explosion that happened in the Black House of Washington. This is an extremely serious infamy for the American top officials. You see that their press and their media could not hide this disgrace with the American President has fallen into. Due to this disgrace the American President should mourn and the White House should turn into Black House- though it has always been so. This diversion and agitation in the White House and among the supporters of America bespeaks the importance of the issue. A top American official- according to them- illegally enters Iran with a false passport. He comes alone. After investigation, it became clear that he was among the American officials. Iran imprisoned him and put him under surveillance in a certain place, monitoring all his movements. He was not allowed to meet anyone during this time.

He, who claims that" If I had gone to the Soviet Union, the Soviet leader would have come to meet me." imagines that here is like the Soviet Union! This is an Islamic country. Here neither the Kremlin nor the Black House can be mentioned. Here is the country of the Messenger of God and Imam Sadiq. Here our guards are nobler than the palace-dwellers and our Basijis and our ummah are nobler than all the palace-dwellers of the world. All those who make empty claims and imagining that the world should humbly submit to them.

Those who were saying," We will do this and that, and we will sever relationship," and other similar things, have meekly and humbly come to this nation and want to forge relationship; they want to ask apology, and our nation does not accept. This is an issue, which is higher than all your victories. The American President with all the grandeur and magnificence has sent a delegate to meet our officials, and they refused to meet him. This is a big issue that has exploded the world as it ought to be; it has prompted the White House to mourn as it ought to do so; this is an important issue.

Now, all the big countries are racing to forge relationship with Iran. What is this? Is it because of the people of Iran? Is it because of the large population of Iran? Iran's population is nothing compared to that of the world. It is the faith of our youth; it is the blessings of the Noble Prophet; it is the blessings of Imam Sadiq. It is the blessings that have stunned the world and upset many. They imagined that by mere browbeating they could do anything to Iran, that today conditions are like those in the Qajar period and that today is like the time of the Pahlavi when the people were not wakeful. Today, is the time of the awakening of our people; it is the time of vigilance and blossoming of faith in this country. Now when one tunes in any radio from any corner of the world, they are talking about American abjectness vis-a-vis Iran. There is so much agitation in the statements of Reagan himself, contradictions and agitations that one can hardly believe. The president of such a country with such claims is afflicted with such contradictions, agitations and fear. Today, it is an important thing. Not only America but also the Kremlin is in a hurry to forge relationship with Iran.

What is the matter? What has happened to Iran? What is the event that has occurred in Iran? At the time of the monarchies in the past, during the Qajar period, during the Pahlavi period, if foreign powers would issue a statement, these monarchs would withdraw. If they delivered an arrogant speech, the monarchs would disarm themselves. What has happened that now even our guards do not obey them? It is due to the fact that at that time they had put people to sleep. The massive propaganda of the enemies of Islam had put people to sleep. They divided the people and the cities; the different parties were at loggerheads with one another; all the governments were mere proteges. Today, this is not the issue. Today, Iran has awakened; today, Islam has prevailed in Iran. Today, the truth of faith has flourished in Iran. These are the blessings of faith. Do not be negligent of these blessings of your unity in all affairs. Do not be negligent of this unity. Do not be negligent of this divine path. Now, one can see that Kremlin has crumbled and the white House has been blackened; they want to justify their statements released here and there; they want to cover up their own mistakes. The one whom they sent here and was ignominiously expelled wanted to justify these issues. Regrettably, some of those who are also in Iran are either not paying attention to the issue or are intentionally making propaganda while having the same tone and following foreigners' propaganda.

On this blessed day, I do not want to disappoint anybody. I would like to ask: Why are we so much backward? Why should we denigrate ourselves because of this carnal self? Why should we justify their problems when the world has been shaken up due to this heedlessness of Iran to the White and Black Houses? Why should we be so much under the influence of West and Satan? I never expected otherwise from some of them; in fact, some of them, in my opinion, are frivolous; I did not expect from some of these people who are loyal to the establishment to shout at our officials while at this time they should shout at America. What has happened? What is the matter with you? What did you do? Why should you be under the sway of foreign propaganda or your carnal desires? At this important juncture, you should be hand in hand and prove to the world that you have unity, that your unity has been strong and you are united in the Unity Week, why should you sow discord? Why do you want to sow discord among the heads of countries? Why do you want to create dissension? What has happened to you? Where are you heading for? I cannot talk to you the way I like. I do not want to annoy you on this feast day, but you must be fair enough; on this day is it the time for such affairs?! Is it the time to approve of the White House? Is it the time to approve of Reagan? Your tone in what you said to the Majlis is harsher than that of Israel; it is harsher than the tone of the palace-dwellers over there. What has happened to you that you are behaving this way? Some of you were not so. I know some of you; you were not like that before.

I hope that you would pay attention again to the issues, to the world, to yourselves and to your power. Do not break this power, though you cannot do so. Such a thing should not happen in Iran. I do not want to hurt you, but you should not hurt our nation. Do not hurt our officials. Do not foment radicalism. Do not create dissension. This is against Islam, the religion and justice. Do not do so.

I hope that the Almighty God, will grant prosperity and wellbeing to our entire nation and draw our friends toward Him. May God guide those who want to sow discord. May God remove the mischief of the mischief-makers from this country. May He make this blessed feast auspicious for all. May He boost the morale of our combatants wherever they are. The combatants should know that they are victorious; they should know that the victories recently attained is greater than all victories in the eyes of the world. They should bear in mind that with the help of God they can advance and strike the last blow.

May God's peace and mercy be upon you.