Now that, in the shadow of divine succour, your selfless struggle has put paid to the tyrannical regime, and dictatorship has abandoned its last trench, I wish to offer my congratulations to the entire nation of Iran. We are grateful to Almighty God and wish to express our gratitude to the army for responding to the call of the eminent ulema to join the nation. I plead with the rest of the army commanders, officers and NCOs, who have not yet taken the big decision of their lives, to join the people. I would also like to ask the people to be vigilant and confront and crush any conspiracy. Please maintain law and order and safeguard state buildings together with all their files and documents, which belong to the nation.
Victory is nigh.
General Beiglari, the acting commander of the guards, and General Ali Neshat, commander of the Imperial guard, in their telephone messages announced that the units under their command had not left their barracks since the declaration of the army's neutrality. No-one has attacked it. Just a group of young men are around celebrating and firing into the air in joy. The sound of shooting has scared some families in the vicinity of the building.