(263) 31 December 1979 (10 Dey 1358 AHS) Through the blessings of Islam...

(263) 31 December 1979 (10 Dey 1358 AHS) Through the blessings of Islam, the Islamic movement has brought about such a change in the spirit of the men and women of our society that they have travelled a road in one night that would have normally taken a hundred years to travel. You noble people witnessed for yourselves how the respected, committed women of Iran entered the arena ahead of the men to free the country from the trammels of imperial rule.

We are all indebted to them for their uprising and their efforts. (264) 5 May 1980 (15 Urdibihisht 1359 AHS) Recall how it was when that transformation occurred, when all devilish inclinations and desires were lost on practically all of those who entered the arena, on women, men, women with babes in arms, on the young and old alike.…