Our enemies intend to take away Islam and this unity from us. They plan to separate us from one another. They have created turmoil in every corner of this land. They want to separate the Muslim nation, which according to the Holy Qur’an are equal to each other and are all brothers. These brethren share their joys and sorrows. This brotherly sentiment in Islam is the source of all blessings. These enemies of ours intend to take away these sentiments from us. One day, they create turmoils in Kurdistān, the other day in Fārs. They want to use dialects as a separating factor. Then they create disasters in Āzerbāyjān, shouting for the Republic of Āzerbāyjān, separate from the Islamic Republic. Based on their views of an Āzerbāyjān with no Islam. This is a conspiracy to separate brothers from one another. Islam and the Qur’an have called us brethren: The believers are brothers.[1]According to this holy verse all Muslims are but brethren, whether Turks, Persians, ‘Arabs or others. The ones who try to create divisions among these brethren and who attempt to misuse the simple-hearted villagers for their own political advantages are those who ruined our dignity during the past fifty years and have plundered us of anything we had. Now that they have failed, they are acting frantically. They realized that the Islamic unity in our country is great, that everybody has been shouting “God is Great”. Everybody relied on God. Everybody was asking for the Islamic Republic. This unity was a sharp blow to America and her associates. Those who were America’s agents now realized where the blows came from and they are using them as points for attacks and when you triumphed, they attacked.
Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 8, P 281-282