Persian → English transcript

On the third or fourth day of the war,

one of the military men came to me and said this: Your friends in this room

have a private matter with you. They said,“ Look,

these are our airplanes.

Of this type of airplane, for example, we have

ten ready for operation. Their readiness will be used up by such- and- such day.

For this other type, up to twelve days. The most was the C- 130s, which they said

for about 30 or 31 days, it would be possible for them to fly.

Meaning that after 31 days,

the Islamic Republic will have absolutely no aircraft left, whether for combat

operations, or for support or transport. That is it.

They said,“ Sir, this is the state of our war, you must go and tell Imam.”

To be honest, between us, my heart sank a bit, truly. I told Imam, I said,“ Sir,

these gentlemen are our commanders. Our last airplane, which is a C- 130

transport plane, will only last for about 30 or 33 days at most.

After that, we will have absolutely no airplanes.”

Imam looked at me and said,“ What are you talking about? You tell them to

go and fight. God will provide, He will make it right, nothing will go wrong.”

Logically, Imam’s words were not convincing to me. Because Imam was not an aircraft

specialist. But I believed

in the righteousness of this Imam

and the light in his heart

and God’s support for him.

I knew that Almighty God had stirred this man

for a great mission and would not abandon him. I believed this.

So my heart became firm. I said,“ Sir, Imam has said,

go and repair as many of these as you can, fix them and go, go and take action.”

Those same F- 5,

F- 4, F- 14 planes and the others that were supposed to be completely

out of service after five or six days are still operating in our air force.

Twenty- nine years have passed. This is reliance on God.

This is the truth of God’s promise.

When Almighty God,

with great and multiple emphasis,

declares: “ Wa la yansuranna Allahu

man yansuruhu”— surely, without any doubt, definitely and certainly

Almighty God grants victory… He helps those who help Him,

meaning those who help His religion. You and I also know that we

are supporting the religion of God, helping the religion of God.

Therefore, we should be certain that God will

grant victory.