1 - Liberation from Domination of Superpowers and Breaking Undermining False Sanctities
Before the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the dominant powers
through their propaganda and show of power could convince the nations and the
weak leaders that they could not confront them and that any move to become
independent of the superpowers was doomed to fail. Through their propaganda and
due to the weakness of governments, the big powers had created a false
sanctuary for themselves, and the very trick had caused the nations to ignore their
own power, belief and determination in defeating the powers. The Islamic
Revolution astonished the entire world through defeating the oppressive
monarch, that enjoyed strong international support, and then through its
astonishing resistance against both the United States and former Soviet Union,
by raising the slogan of "neither East nor West", the seizure of the US Den of
Espionage (US Embassy in Tehran), and through the resistance it put up against
the eight years of Iraqi aggression that enjoyed the support of most powers of
the power, led by the United States, Zionism and the West. All these
developments also demonstrated the hollowness of the domineering powers and
convinced the nations that their will, faith and millions-strength move could
really overpower the systems which are equipped with the most sophisticated
weapons.
"Among other features of the modern world our honorable Imam and
Revolution created in the world include the principle of liberation from
domination, occupation and sphere of influence of the great powers; and also
the fact that a nation by relying on itself and trust in God in confronting an
oppressive power does not trust or rely on anybody or does not trust any power;
it was the path our nation started under the leadership of our honorable Imam
and today this path is finding a large number of followers in the world."[34]
"As a superpower, the United States was strong, but today it is not. In
how many parts of the world today you observe that the people set the effigy of
the US president or its flag on fire? In how many places of the world the
nations and masses raise their fists and chant "death to US"? Once you were the
only ones to raise this slogan and others would advise you not to do so; but
today people chant "death to US" in Europe and in farthest parts of Asia, in
the countries under the US influence and in the countries controlled by regimes
similar to that of the United States. Your revolution did it; that is, it
undermined the false sanctity of the international bullies and superpowers"[35]
The main bulwark against the attempts of great powers to suppress the
Islamic Revolution or to distort its image was its spiritual and divine values.
Of course the will and unity of nations can defeat the domineering powers, but
the divine values created fervor in this country and in the hearts of the
faithful youth that threatens the existence of the arrogance. As a result the
arrogance not only feels that it is unable to confront the Islamic Revolution,
but it is incapable of confronting Islamic movements in other countries, such
as Lebanon, Palestine and Afghanistan; neither is it able to contain the
movements in non-Islamic countries whether within the Islamic geography or in
the West.
"Another message of our revolution was that the material powers are
helpless in confronting the spiritual values and the movement and determination
of the masses. The greatest sign of the helplessness of the arrogant systems
that rely on material power is that the revolution, the system and genuine
Islam have survived in Islamic Iran and become stronger and rooted every day.
It is now several years that the arrogant systems, with all available means,
have come to the scene to confront the revolutionary Islam and the Islamic
Revolution. Nevertheless, the Islamic Republic, the Islamic Revolution and the
message of Islam survived and became deeper and more widespread. Today, you
observe strong signs of the inclination of the Muslims towards return to the
fundamentals of Islam in Asia, Africa and other parts of the world where the
Muslims live. It means that the arrogant front is not able to confront."[36]