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(Addressed to religious leaders of Christianity:) To please the Lord and carry out the decrees of the Holy Christ, let the bells in your churches peal out in favor of the oppressed Iranians, and in condemnation of the oppressors.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

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In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic.

Islamic state means a state based on justice and democracy and structured upon Islamic rules and laws.

With people's revolutionary rage, the king will be ousted and a democratic state, Islamic Republic, will be established.

Most of the wailings of the awliya [pious believers] is caused by the pain of separation and detachment from the Beloved and His Generosity.

Personal desire, age, and my health do not allow me to personally have a role in running the country after the fall of the current system.

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