Message of Imam Khomeini on Presidential Investiture of
Hojjat-ul-Islam Khamene’i (9.10.1981)
Following is the official statement conferring the responsibilities of
the office of the Presidency upon Hojjat-ul-Islam Khamene’i. This message of Imam
Khomeini was read by his son Ahmad during the investiture ceremony at Jamaran
Masjid,
October 9, 1981.
In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
Even though the hands of criminals and hypocrites have deprived the
struggling people of Iran of a committed and faithful President and martyred one of our
sincere servants and deprived the Iranian nation of his services, from him serving this
nation and the y thought by assassinating personalities they could set back the rising
nation of Iran and frustrate their determination for serving Islam and
consequently, the
way for the return of the plundering world powers would be paved, the overwhelming
participation of the people changed the hope of the ill-wishers into disappointment and
cut the greed of the greedy.
The United States and the terrorists who are attached to and dependent
upon her are portraying the noble Iranian nation and its Armed Forces which are loyal to
Islam as deviating from their great Islamic aim. The western media, especially that
of the U.S. and Zionism built castles of sand in anticipation of a very low turn-out in
the past presidential election, hoping they could attack this land of lion-hearted men and
women, wiping out Islam and bringing to power a monarchial regime or perhaps a 'People's
Democratic Republic' and thereby make it possible for the power-mongers and especially the
United States to plunder this country eternally in the future. The overwhelming turn-out
in the presidential elections, as well as the continuous victories of our Armed Forces in
the South and West and the people's continual presence on the scene on one side, and the
putting down of the outlaws and traitors within the country and behind the fronts and the
isolating of the U.S.-inspired nationalists eventually caused the collapse of their
palaces.
The Supreme Lord indeed favored us by guiding the people's votes for
electing a committed and militant President who is treading the Straight Path of Islam and
a scholar in religion and politics. It is hoped that by good management and with the help
of the three branches of the government and the support of this great nation, our problems
will be eliminated one after another and that the sacred canons of Islam will be
implemented throughout the country in an ideal manner.
Now in fulfillment of -the will of this great nation and based on my
knowledge about the stature and dignity of our respectable scholar, Hojjat-ul-Islam Seyyid
Ali Khamene’i, may the Supreme Lord aid him, I do hereby approbate the votes of the
nation and do hereby endorse his Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The votes of
our committed Muslims and this confirmation will remain valid on the condition that the
President remains loyal to Islam and to his commitment to be a servant of the. nation and
of the oppressed masses, and to the Qur’anic canon ... Oh believers be strong
against the unbelievers and be compassionate within yourselves, and that he does not
deviate from the right path of humanity and Islam as he has not done and God
willing, he
will not.
At this grave point, where the ill-wishers both in and outside the
country and the loudspeakers of the superpowers, especially the criminal U.S. are trying
to exploit every possible means in order to make accusations against the nation and the
government and the Majlis, and our courts of Justice, and in their corrupt wishful
thinking they hope to lessen the stability of the various administrative organizations of
the Islamic Republic, it is expected of the President to utilize the services of all
organizations of the Islamic Republic and to coordinate all administrative organizations
in an Islamic manner, in order to take away the excuses of the ill-wishers, even though
many of them do not really agree with the Islamic canons and criteria of
chastisement. Mr. President, as well as other statesmen of the Islamic Republic of Iran should remember that
they are indebted to this noble nation because this self-sacrificing people attained
victory upon shedding the blood of her youth and undertaking onerous toil, and this nation
liberated all our people from prisons, and from exile and banishment and seized power from
the hands of the tyrants and gave it to our statesmen.
It is this same nation which has remained on the scene from the dawn of
the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and has continuously supported this
country, as well
as the Armed Forces, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards and the rest of our Armed Forces
as well as our government and the Majlis and the High judiciary Council and the courts of
justice. This same people subdued our internal and our external enemies and established
the "Hizbullah" [Party of God] in the place of all satanic parties and
groups.
It is the same nation which with great enthusiasm cast more than 16 million votes in favor
of Mr. President which brought him to the office of the presidency. It is the same people,
who by God's will are capable of safeguarding the country and rescuing it from the evil of
the demons, and they are the people to whom we are indebted and to whom we should repay
our debts. We should with all our heart and strength serve this nation, especially the
oppressed masses who have carried the greater burden of this Islamic Republic, and
who,
without the least expectation, are in the service of Islam. As long as you and all of us
are serving the,' people, no damage will be inflicted on-this Islamic Republic, and our
great and vigilant nation, ever present on the scene, will rebut the insinuators and the
oppressors. 1 implore the Supreme Lord for the triumph of Islam and Muslims.
Praise be upon the righteous servants of God.
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