Another side of the issue and another important factor in this regard is that from the very first days, they prepared the ground for delivering a big blow to the people of Iran. In other words, they offered refuge to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in America so that they could keep him, prepare the ground for other plots, strengthen his agents in the country with him at the top of the system and repeat what they did on the 28th of Mordad of 1332 – twenty five years before that time.
On the 28th of Mordad, Mohammad Reza ran away from Iran. However, the English and the Americans joined hands and came inside the country secretly. Later on, they used different embassies, they hid somewhere, they equipped and prepared their agents, they used the negligence that the people of those days had shown and they returned Mohammad Reza again. It was that returning that put an albatross around the people’s neck and created a disastrous situation for them. They wanted to do that again, but Imam (r.a.) prevented it. He blocked their path. He awakened the people of Iran and the people of Iran woke up.
Therefore, these anti-American slogans and this letting out one’s shouts on America is not out of prejudice, stupidity and obstinacy, rather it is based on logic, one that enjoys a rational and intellectual framework. So, both our youth and those who can write and speak and who have minbar – press, university, classroom and various other minbars – should know and pay attention that if the people of Iran chant anti-American slogans today and if they have continued to do so during the past 30-plus years, this is based on a solid logic.
Statement made at a meeting with thousands of university and secondary school students Nov 2, 2016
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