Aadel Collection
Khomwini’s remarks regarding Regan’s speach about the Baha’is
* / S3
I have squently said that
fear Is in the heatt of a
person who doui not bsliey .
in the other wozjd Do thus.
youtha of ours who come
here and say “we want to be
martyred,” fear death? Do
these who ask one lnslaiazi )y
to pray the God tø bestctr
martyrdom Upon them fear
death?
Tho.e who art busy s v .
lag the people and are w
ject to harm at an moment
do not fear and continue
their service. Feir Is An the
heart of one that has not
accepted the other side of
existence. But one who has
realized that there Is another
iide and that this world Is
road leading to the other
world has no maze Soar. Ru
desire ii to reich his d a ..
bon.
O God! Grant me utmçst
emancipation towanta Your.
Islamic Republic, for It Is to .e jj ( u t - Anies !) And
tiderminelalam.Wherelsa brighten the eyes of our
Muslim not oppose to this? heart., such that they will be
Anyhow I hope God will able to observe Your lighil
make this Eid auspicious for Until the eyes of the heirta
you all and you will keep up tear the curtains and Join the'
your activltie . with this ocean of granduwi And our
belief that the Bxaltsd Lord soul., fly in the sky of Your
favors this country, glory and holineia! (Amen!)
Thu a country that Is (from the Sha'abaniah
exemplary in being commit. Prayer)
ted to Islam. This is a country May God make Islam end
whose government and the soldier, of Islam victorl.
people, whose MajiAs and Cu., and remov, the hand of
spiritual acholar* have all the corrupt enemies from
loined hands to establish this country.
Islam here and God willing. And peace be upon you —
eve where, well as Allah'. mercy and
Be aura that the Rxafled blessing,.
On the Occasion of the•
Birth Anniversary of
Imam Mahdi (A.S.)___
We are bus 5 vi • world ravaund The principle c i “ — — . - -
with opprceioc and auefly. Our wblth aznuder,d m sodologr —
C I I k 5 dark one. And there are 5 very peofowid sod loponant
evidence, indicative of the subjea used, for the principled
wcreaiwg failure of Lght ve -a- the humn ,odcry' . bend the
darkness. Yct, while the oppres. promised nscniah.
‘ ‘rblood .. ______
N -.i-jt .g . 'ci ire-li wv bywoj- i '•
(H' are cntaz . 5 Ied in socenea hive ahi i , bctt.. .d I..
wa'nca, that they have no lot- ihs t*iocIiu&vc %iCtO(y of Uui .'
• :
LAYHaiI O fTERJ4AflOpJ ,a 5, W 30. l S3 JMAM SPEAKS PAG J
IMAM )O1OMEl] fl ADDRESSES OFFICIALS OF TifE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC:
IT IS HOPED THE GOVERNMENT OF IMAM MARDI (A.S.) WILL SOON BE ESTABLISHED
• except himself. Or for the other hand, Mr. Reagan knowledge and branches of Ii It right to weaken these God favors this country and
Instance, the sent ence says these helpless Baha'j , learning do not get' to tiwir committed individuala by Imaxn Mahdi (A.S.) fevo
- than he drtw nigh and art pea ag people b aim without stholar and undermining the govern. this coun .
came down...” (mentioned with their own p and scIentific dis u .sjon and meist? It Is right to say things trust in the Exalted Lcrd and
above) Is not something to be perform their own religious debits, political luue , . too, to benefit the enemies and the favors of the Holy Spirits
realised and touched by uties and Iran has arrested cannot berightlydetermj weaken the people? This Is we should not let any.fe . r
an, one except the very them for the very reason that and conclu ed without di i. the thing that causes one to enter our beaus as we have
person who has experienced their creed Is opposed to' cussion. Political issues need ery and say Sit st your own Do fear.
epiritually (i.e Mohanunad Islamic Republic's - It criticism and exchange of place! That is enough! The
(S WI. Or take thi. very they were not spies you view, and nobody can slop previous system can no
great prsyer of Sha'bvanjaji (Americans) would not have that. But some time the tone return, But don't say
which seems at the first look complained. You support Is not one of criticism but • he ii (Imazn referring to him.
£implebutftIs .y pla them because the are a tone undermining the sell)isagainstcrItiCigflLNO,
fact and per Sistent asceti- group performing uties in Islamic Republic, though it is Criticiss Ut do not conspire
cismn and self-purification is tour Interest erwise we dictated and gIven to the I am against conspiracy.
needed so tha one can per. ow you we know the U.S. person and ii. oesn 't under. Everyone Is against It We are
calve what “God'. converts that Its benevolence has not, stand this aspect. We are agalnit undermining th
tion with His servant,” (for blossomed to cry out and
example) is and what our appeal to the whole world for __________
Imams have intended and he p for the sake of 22
meant In these prayers. Baha'I. who have been Have you (Reagan) studied what the Baha ‘is
I have not seen any prayer entangled, In their words, In tione wui have you studied their cases
except this one (Sha'absnish) Iran.
to have bees, offered repeat.. The people know you before speaking or do you ithow dit natson?! If
dly by all of our innocent (Itea sn You axnpelied the
Imams. This is an evidence of Iraqi regime to do to Iran and we had no proof that -they are the U.S.', spies
the greatnes, of this prayer. Iraq everyday what the Mon.- except Reagan's supporting them and if we had -
What existed between them gola• did not do. The Iraqi
Exal eij God? What r - s no proof that the Tudeh party is made up of
do such sentences as an rsteemedgroupofu spies, except Rui ‘Jppoiti,igghem itwotdd
“Bestow upon me ultimati of that- cou , such aa
emancipation towards you,” Ayatollah Sa Yusui and have been sufficient evidence Jot- us so wrest -
and “And hi Your not 1 what a righteous and them.
In anyone else's hand, lie my pious man he is, together
abundance,' shortcoming, with a large number of the - ___________
benefit and leis” mean? children and elder members
Well one may say auperfs. of this family. It seems that against such a tone and It is
daily “Our ev ng lies this act by the Iraqi regime is not free. Conspiracy Is not
withHixn.BUtrealiz p ,. totakevengeanceon late left free but criticism is:
ving the fact that no Ayatollaj ‘s famity j People are free to write, say,
f 'and benefit ‘befall us ou wet-. benevolent you ad and criticize, But if they plot
unless with His hand, and etter said ever, one word, and seek to undermine the
other facts of this kb d are thoughimplicjtlytoquastjon IslamIc Republic and the
from the Issues that we do the raql regime for such organizaUo of this Re iub.
not have access to. Pray to action or the mass media IIC, then It will be obvious
the Exalted Lord to give us should have said one word that there are hands at work
success in this noble month even as criticism vis.a.vja the directing these issues.
and in the great month of actions of the Iraqi regime
Ramadan so that even a against li-sn anti Iraq • This government is work.
small rt-tion and manifests. seh, - ing with utmost care under
tiono these issues enter Into Have you (Reagan) tuctieti such conditions that anybody
our heart,., and at least we what the Baha'ia have done WhOWtendstotakeap jeitive
believe In the fact that what and have you studied their action cannot carry It out
such Issues as “fallIng down caa before speaking or do with high level of efficiency.
senseless” and “God's con- u know divination I if The government has imp.
versation with the human d no proof that they bye all it. powers and —
being” are, So that we won't the U. .‘a sple, except endeavorstorthesaked ) .l
deny than, and won't say: Reagan's ‘U porting u nation. So is It tight to accuse
these are the words of tier- and we ha no proof that Its premier and its ministers
viahe s. the Tudeb party Is made up of wiil!uUy doing certain
All of these Issues are man- of iplea, except Russia's sup. tliimgs wrong? If really
tiüeid in the Quran in a deli, porting them, It would have have constructive criticism,
cat. manner and have also sufficient evidence for well, tl'.e?. Can criticise and
been cited from the lnaoomt us to arr then. But we tell say that wrong and this is
__________ you that neither the Tudeh right. But overlook ingal ! the
party nor the Bsha'ls were activities - and actions that
ned and seate ced to this hardworking cabinet
The peopie know you (Reagan). You eampel- 1
Imprisonment by our courts and the Majlia have carried
merely on charge of their out and saying that “nothing
led the Iraqi regime to do so Iran and Iraq being the Tu eh Party'. has been doria for this nation
______ ______________ mem or ‘Baha' ', But they 0 far and Just like the previ.
____ everyday what the MongoLs did not do. The our eve y pg is
7 raqe regime has recently arrezte fl, 7jjcc,r, f' I issues. The rednr, Cf the - eel e' .d ‘evc mora
group of ulenia of that country such axAytztol - ‘ Tudeh party came them. dependent than then, th,,w
selves before the television that scene hand is at work
laSt Sayyed Yusufand lknow what a rirhtenui ....A , , ..- . - K , ,k.,,,1 I.. .,...i ..,
TEHBAN. (Kayham , hit'I)—
On the occasion of the birth
anniversary of Imamn Mahdi
(AS.) the President, Majits
Speaker, Prime Minister,
Chief JustIce and other high
ranking officials of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
called on the Louder of the
Islamic Revolution, lmani
Khomeini at the Jamaran
Mosque here Saturday.
The meetIng started by
President Khsmene'j con-
gratulating the mum on
behalf of the country's offi-
cials 11w people then the
Imani of the Ummab deli-
vered the following speed,:
“in the name of Allah, the
Cocnpaaaionate, the Merciful
- Reciprocally, I congratu.
late the honorable swdence
and the oppressed people of
the world, especially the
great nation of li-an, on the
occasion of this great Islamic
I hope, God willing, this
turbulent ship of humanity
shall reach the coast of
rescue and salvation arid the
in a graveyard or-with a dead
person ln lde a mortuary.
Because 0* essential reason-
ing and meaning that the
mind has understood has not
yet reached the heart. But
those whose job is to wash
the dead, for example, and
l,ave to deal with the dead
frequently, do not fear the
dead, for they have repeated
this action and the fact has
penetrated their heart.
The case is exactly the
laurie In the'Islaxnic issues
and lnteUectuaJ matters.
There are many intellectual
mitten which have been
proved with strong reasoning
but have not afiect the
oppressed people of the
world shall win over the
cruel oppressors under the
special auspices of Imam
tamest (&S.). It is hoped that
the great and comprehensive
government of Imarn Mahdi
(A.S.) will soon be estab-
lished and the eyes of all of
us and all the Muslims of the
world become bright with the
light of his being.
The recent two months i.e.
Rajab and Sha'aban and the
u corning auspicious month
of Ramadan bring about
many bIessing for those who
can benefit from them. Of
course, the origin of all these
blessings is Mab'ath, the
beginning of the Prophet's
mission, In the month of
Ra)ab there Caine the great
Eat-ui Mab'ath and the birth
anniversaries of Imam Alt
(A.S.) and some other Irnaina.
In the month of Sha'absn
there are the birth anniver-
saries of Imam Hussein
(AS.) and frnam Mabdi
(&S.)' and in the auspicious
month of Ramadan Quran
has been revealed to the
heart of the Prophet of
---The -dignity- and value of
these three months go
beyond the limit of tongues,
expressions and minds.
Prom he blessings of these
months are the prayers
which have been narrated
from our prophet and
Imam ,. We are now In the
noble month of Sha'aban and
the “Sha'abaxiiah” prayer is
from the greatest prayers
and theological teachings
that have been narrated and
those who are familiar and
devoted to prayers can
benefit from it to the latent
of their understanding.
The titles of the theological
and mystic issue, are simple
titles and everyone imagines
to have understood them.
Also the issues reasoned in
the Qwan, though they are
precise, yet they can easily be
understood after reasoning.
But the thing which is more
difficult Is to conduct the
result of these titles and
reasonings to the heart that is
called faith. There may be
many thinkers who have not
reached this grade of faith.
This is an issue which should
be inspired and conveyed
hito the heart with persistent
repetition and asceticism.
You observe that a deed
person does not harm anyone
necessarily. But all but few
persons fear it they be alone
,ng s nw' aM UICU 4)ISLS
and pious man he is, together with a large I Thryhavealon rei i-dot
I number of the children and elder members of I
this family. I which was previously sup.
___________ I ported by Bntain and now by
J the U.S. The Baha'js are also
spie, just like the Tudeh. 11
people, becaus, they have mains In our prayer books, they were not spies well.
penetrated the nwuf as the of course not with the deli- there are many of other
result of reasoning but which cacy of Quraii but still very people who have ideological
have not yet penetrated the delicately . And all the per- deviations, are Communists
heart Thus one does not sons who later used these, and so forth for example. But
have faith Iz them, though expessions took them from our courts hsve not arrested
his mind has understood the Quran and flarratios and imprisoned them on
them. And there are many intentionally or unawares. Of- charge of their being Corn-
mystical issues in the Qur 'an course there are few who can muniat or having ideological
and in the prayers of our ever realize the truth and deviations. Concerning the
l,znams (AS.), including this depth of these issues, let Tudeh party, too, as long as it
very Sha'abaniah prayer the alone experiencing and tad- was not intensely involved in
titles of which may be under- ing them which is something conspiracy, its leaders were
stood by philoeopher, and far beyond our mind, not arrested. Of course they
mystic, to some extent. But were being watched because
as long as they have not IhopetheExtedGo .jwj j they had bad records. But
gained a sublime mystical undo the malice of the cot. when the time of the conspi-
sense, they cannot find out rupt oppressors from this racy they had cherishec in
and realize them. nation which has today their filthy minds
(For example) that great moved and risen for His approached our endeared
verse in the Qu,r'a,n which sake, so that the nation will Revolutionary Guards
says, “....then he drew nigh attain it, noble aims. But as arrested them and God wil-
and came down; till he was tong as the superpowers are lIng, they will receive their
(distant) two bows' length or sittingonthethroneofpower due punishment at the
even ne rer; And H e realization of these aims is appropriate time. The issue
revealed unto His servant, something which seems ,a is that the supporter of these
that which He revealed,' ‘ j j 1e difficult (Baha'is) are you Mr. Reagan
(Sura Naj,n) well, xgeea ,-'l don't know whether or an&the supporter of them
and- philosophers it avejinot you heard the U.S. Presi. (Tudeh party) is Russia. This
spoken much. on it, but thatW dent's speech which was is evidence of the fact that
my s t I c a I s e n s e h a sfl broadcast over the radio. He they have a special case that
diminished. One imagines ii appealed to the whole world benefits you and Russia. And
that he understands the to help the “Baha'is who are ‘their benetit for you cannot
topics of these Issue, but in Iran and who are not spies be anything except giving
neither a mystic nor a and who are not doing any- information and our news to
philosopher nor a scientist thing but conducting religi. you and spying in your favor.
can comprehend what the ous ceremonies (9” He said These are the, entanglements
matter is. because of performing their that our coia 'itry has today
(Or as another example) religious ceremonies, Iran because of these power, and
the issue of “falling down has sentenced 22 of them to these deviants.
senseless before God's glory” death” Re has appealed to On the other hand there
whichhasbeenrefei- toin the whole world to, help aresatansinsidethecom u.y
the Sha'abiniah prayer and saying. “They are not spies who are either their (the
which has been first men- but are a people who are not superpowers') agents or are
tioned in the Quran Is not involved in any issues” And stupid or dislike the Lslarnic
something to be rightly per. he (Reagan) says all these Republic and say “there
ceived and touched by things benevolently. Even if should be something else,
anyone other than Mosea: Reagan didn't remark on basically” and there are also
“And when Moses came to these issue,. then, perhape really Comm itted persons
Our appointed tryst and his someone naive would who agree with the aspira.
Lord had spoken unto Hint, imagine that the t. are a Lions of the Islamic Republic
he said. P4y Lord.' Show me people busy with their own and have common points of
(Thy sell), that I may gaze work and their own affairs view with you gentlemen, but
upon Thee. He said. Thou that they think are worship the foreign powers and the
wilt not see Me, but gaze though their beliefs are cot- sataris rake advantage of
upon the mountain! It it rupt. And now that Mr their sunplem ndedness and
standstill In it., place, then Reagan has said arid testified benefit from them.
thou wilt see Me. And when that they are involved In When I say such words
his Lord revealed (His) glory merely religious ceremonies, should not be uttered here.
to the mountain He sent it we have (ui-titer reason to and these I do not mean that
crashing down. And Moses doubt them there is suffocation. They are
tell senseless. And when he When the ‘I'udeh party is free to say and criticize what.
woke he said: Gory unto arrested, Ru, ,a raises Its ever arid as much a, they
Theet £ turn unto Thee repen. voice that Iran has unreason. want But criticism is diffe-
tent, and I am the first of ably arrested and jailed a rent from plotting. The tone
(true) believers, number of innocent people of plotting differi from the
But whatlcindofaenadeas. who were in favor of the tone of cnticizing. Cnucism
fleas and fainting Moses (eli Islamic Republic and sup. is from the constructive
into' no one can understand ported and followed it. On issue,. Just as the Islam ic
— Ci M I jJ%&3 1 1 UIV
people and drive them out of
the social scene, so that
others take their place. We
are against this. Every
Muslim opposes this. Every
religious scholar is against
this. Every human being
opposes this. The people
have endeavoured, sacrificed
their young ones, and offered
everything for the sake of
Islam. Now that owing to the
blood of these people and the
martyrdom of these dear
youths Islam has reached a
stage that it wants to grown
and fix its foothold as it has
been successfuL You have
started again and want to
undermine the government
organizations by saying:
That is a plotter, this ne is a
communist, that is a capital.
ist, that is such and such -
and similar absurd words
that az-c uttered repeatedly.
It you have right criticism,
well, say write! Write and
sign that this or that is not
nght. Although the govern.
rnent has done a great deal,
nevertheless this is wrong
and there is deficiency here.'
And if you see once that a
certain court or a certain
minister has violated the law
intentionally, prove your
claim with reasons and that
government will be called to
account
But it is not right to sit at a
corner and write and slander
and publish repeatedly. It
you tell the truth, why don't
you sign your writings. OTie
should not imagine that the
persons who are involved in
running the affairs of the
country have reached
prosperity and Comfort.
What have they got except
trouble and work? What
extita for these spiritual
scholar, of Qom other than
trouble and spending their
tints in judicial and executive
affairs instead of spending it
in scholarly and scientific
IssOes ? What have they bepn
given? What has been given
to the struggling ulema of
Tehran except for the fact
that they endeavor and toler.
ate hardships for the sake of
the Islamic Republic? What
have these courts and public
porosecutors offices, these
Judges, this Majtis and this
Council of the Guardians of
the Constitution, -. arid these
Guards soldier's and police-
men who are secrthcing their
live, for you for Islam and
for the Muslims received
other than trouble and hard-
ship? -
mizia to augur victory, shouldn't
anyone say that thero will be a
bii,gbt day lot this dark night?
Here cc discuss hops as
opposed to despair, consuoumes,
ss opposed to a blind esurence,
faith as opposed to diaheliel and
the exiatenta of God as opposed'.
to a void.
Even a brief glance at the his.
tory ci mankind will tell us that
those who ate conscientious and
have faith in God have never
separated themselves (row the
(ste of the human race, and that it
I thoig who transgress that have
done os they wiibcd and eatcd
this macruble situation. And it is
only the sweet association of faith
‘in God and its accompanying hope
that, despite iii. constant
‘Implemeutation of cruelty and
oppression that pictures a day
when oppression will be dcl eatod
by a just system when all poop 1.
regardless of creed and color thaI!
live in peace and brotherhood.
In this world there no being
superior to man sod every
phenomenon a moving submia.
lively and without resistance in a
pre.d .tcruuned course. There-
fore, man ihould riot expect such
a miracle trues any being other
than a human and certainly man
muss ace allow himicli to besane'
enslaved to mean casual desires.
For what would be changed Uteri?
Man muss recognize Truth and
Falsehood clearly and riot become
entangled in any weakness or con-
ccii or wiver in the struggle
against falsehood. He mug by no
meats think in terms of “I” hut
“Wo”, (or Imam Malith (A.S.) I
the symbol and manitestanon of
ll those human abilities that have
been suppressed in bumilistion
and slavery.
GOLDEN ERAS
Every culture baa two corn_mon
charactensucs: One is that every
avthzauoo'and culture (evea the
most backward and primitive
tocietici) — on the basis of its
fables a d myths — has had a
“golden era” even iii the darkest
pset when justice, calninesa, love
and peace existed but latet van-
tilted and gave itS place to an era
of corruption, darkness, and
tyranny.
The oilier characteristic is it's
belief in the occuneoce cia great
emancipating revolution in the
future and the return of the
oldeis era. an era' 01 victory,
3U$t &od equality.
This in the bcicf'o( all human
Iocscaei and it maiiiles,s the
instinct of ,ociety, for society iticlf
a a living being and the living
human being lives in anticipation
and hope. And it it were ace so, it.
wouJd riot have sudi a movement
and would surreodct to whatever
exists.
jusnos sod the freedom 01 human--
ill irs the tu*we and aocio ' Iugy,
too, undet the title ci
believes that every society ‘In ‘ Iii
nature cherishes this belief in vail-
otis forms as li. natural sod.
imiiocnvs reaction ci ha attic'
hire.
Its human sciences and
anthropology a general piinciplc
l isa been adetted from mesaaa-
hits called futurism. Puturian
stands for a idioul 01 thougin and
an ideology based os the tisne,
and drives isa lolloweri towards
the future.
Futwiatsi is one of the most
advanced ways of viewing bunsta
life and the movement of history.
For it in against such principles
‘“conscrvatmn,” “status quo.”
“r t. i.. im,”
which all call their followers
towards inmobility and Magssa.
lion.'
Without a belief in the nioviti-
He establishment of ‘utopia' and-
looking forward us a day that such
a perfect social 7 wilt be es*4
halted what toonve will a human
who believes In truth lies, for
keeping up his smissle?
PkINCIPL'E Or
AKI1C I1'ATIO I '4
In Dr. All Sbajj'ati'i words: “If
we do ootkiok forward tochange
what befell lmam Huiaoin (&S.)
and bin companions will be the
end of the story for us sod it will
no longer have a reaction in the
flange, history, eziatcoce and life
of nsa ,ikind.'
This opinion is both against
faith in the truth and contrary
the positive effect that di, Is-
vidual lii. ala responsible humsa
being can havc upon the society.
Undoubtedly without belic( Is
the principle 01 snticipsticn. the
unjust realities dominating
Societies will bring about this prp.
found question before all those
who have a religious world view
that “it ther, is certainly no bright
future for mankind, then what ‘is
di . role 01 religion in Us. lisa of
th, human being with all Us.
omens that they give for the
. rn ihila&,. , of falsehood and the
ssirviv al o fjussiot?
From what was dlscuased
above, it bocexose clear that in all
eras ci history, the pnodplc 01
“ex ectstion and the”
tion ofasaviorwbowifl
a society of justice with be revole-
non, has been a familiar and well.
kno-um concept for the adserents
of various religions, especially
Chrissininy, Judaiw, and islam.
But reality in most cases bat bee.
expressive of something moessy
to the spun 01 anticipation. That
to lay the sntiapalors cannot
always be included in this dellnl-
(ConiUsaed o. Peg. 6) -
TRANSLATION (FROM PERSIAN)
Fax dated 22 May 1993
KHOMEINI'S RADIO MESSAGE
[ text in [ ] added by translator]
I do not know whether you have heard the speech by the President of the United States which was
broadcast by some of the radio stations, asking help from the the world for the Bahá'Is in Iran,
• [ saying] that they are innocent, that they are not spies, that they are only practising their religious rites
and nothing else, and that Iran has condemned 22 of them to death just because they are observing
these rites. He asked the help of the world, [ saying] that these people are not spies, and that they are a
• kind of people that do not interfere in anything. He [ Reagan] says these things because he is a lover of
humanity. If he [ Reagan] had not said this, well, we would have simply thought that these [ the
Bahá' Is] are also a kind of people - even though their beliefs are corrupt -- but that they are minding
their own business, and are busy with their own worshipping -- what they regard as worship - and even 1
that is a pretence, and the truth is that they do not even do that. And after testif 'ing to this, we could
still believe that they are not doing anything but practicing their religion. On the other hand, when the
[ members of the] Tñdih party are captured, Russia raises its voice, that they [ the Tñdih] support the
Islamic Republic, and agree with it; that they supported the Islamic Republic like the rest of people,
and are still supporting it; that the Government of Iran has wrongly captured and imprisoned them. On
the other hand, Mr. Reagan says that these poor Bahá'Is are a quiet and peaceful people, busy with
their own worshipping, practicing their rites, and they have been captured because their beliefs are
contrary to theirs [ that of the Muslims]. If they are not pies, .and Iran is only paying attention to them
because of religious matters, or captured them for that reason, you [ the U.S.] would have not raised
your voice. You only do this because this is a group that you benefit from. We know you. W6 khow
America. It is not that you have become all of a sudden humanitarian, that just because 22 Bahá' is
have been captured in Iran, you raise a voice like this and cry to the world calling on it to come to their
aid. The people know you. You are the one who made Iraq heap on this country what the Mongols
even failed to do.
Iraq, has captured a group of great scholars like Ayatu'lláh Aqá Siyyid Yusuf -whom I know well to be
a decent and good man - with a group of children, and members of this family, in order to take revenge
from the late Ayatu'lláh IIakIm. If you are humanitarian why didn't you ask them [ the Iraqi's] why
they did this? Is there one word in your public medium against what Iraq is doing to Iran? Do you,
who support the Bahá' is on. the basis of your humanitarian feelings, know what they have done? Have
you seen and read their files, or are you just omniscient? If we didn't have any other proof that they
are spies of America, the support of Reagan would have been enough; and if we didn't have any other
reason that the Tüdih party are spies, the support of Russia would have been enough. However, we
tell you that we did not condemn and imprison the Thdihs for being Tüdih, nor did we condemn and
imprison the Bahá'Is for being Bahá'Is. These people have problems.
Translation from Persian
2nd page - Khomeini's speech
fax dated: 22 May 1993
lOJune 1993
SJ
The Tüdih's came and said what they had to say - they have a long history; and the Bahá'fs are not a
r ligion [ sic], they are a [ political] party, a party which was previously supported by England, and now
the United States is supporting them. These [ the Baha'is] too are spies like those [ the Tñdihs]. If they
were not spies they would have been like other groups - who also have errant beliefs - like
Communists, etc. However, our courts have not imprisoned them because of their errant beliefs. Nor
the Tiidihs, as long as they had not plotted [ against the Government], and as long as their involvement
in plotting had not increased -- of course their activities were under surveillance, because they have a
history -- only when their plottings - in their own corrupted minds of course - were to come to fruition
- only then did our dear Pásdárs catch them. God willing, in time they will be punished for their
deeds.
The Bahá'Is also should be put in their place and be quiet. If they have religious rites, well, they can
observe their religious rites. The courts do not question why they are observing their religious rites.
Just like other official religions which exist here - all of which we consider as our opponents - they are
never questioned why they observe their rites. This, however, is not the issue. The issue is that Mr.
Reagan supports them, and that the others are being supported by Mr. Russia. This is because they
have a special situation that they [ the Bahá'Is] benefit from them, and provide benefit for them. They
[ the Bahá'Is] report on our affairs, they spy on the people of Iran, and act as spies between the people
of Iran and them.
10 June 1993
SJ
