In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Mr. Prime Minister and Messrs. Ministers- may God, the Exalted, always assist them,
The issue I deemed it necessary to recall is that perpetuation of the Islamic Republic of Iran depends on unity in approach and action in totality of the Islamically acceptable policy. All of us should try lest our political, military, economic and social acts should not render a blow to the entirety of the system. The idea of the totality has been taken from the basic principles of Islamic laws, which elaborate the responsibility of guiding the individual and society. Every official and anyone committed to the system should try to act within the framework of the bounds of one's responsibilities for the advancement of the system. Forgoing this, possibility of the system's disintegration cannot be ruled out. Therefore, if every minister would interfere in the work of another minister- even though such interference improves the work- this is unacceptable. The harm of going beyond the framework of one's authority is far more than improvement in the work in another area. Obviously, consultation, coordination and cooperation are meant.
Sometimes, I deal on the stances of ministers and representatives who move beyond the bounds of their responsibilities for which I am taken by surprise. To cite an example, foreign policy of the country is the responsible of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. If the gentlemen have a complaint, they have to discuss it brotherly at the cabinet. If a convincing answer is given for the complaint, then the better; otherwise, it is the Minister of Foreign Affairs who is the decision-maker in this regard within the framework of the policy sketched by the Leader or by the Majlis (Islamic Consultative Assembly).
For any minister or representative to deliver comments whatever he wants at public gatherings is an undesirable method.
Messrs. Ministers, I advise you and the respected representatives not to undermine or sabotage the policies of one another. If the unity of method and action in the nascent Islamic system receive a blow, the conclusions which the world of arrogance would deduce from these approaches would be so damaging. Let us not do anything that will make the world think that given this difference in tastes and this expression of differences, the Islamic Republic of Iran will never find its way to stability. May God grant all of you the opportunity to render service to the good servants of God. Peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Khordad 22,1367 AHS