The people will not rest until the Pahlavi rule has been swept away and all traces of tyranny have disappeared. As long as the Shah's satanic power prevails, not a single true representative of the people can possibly be elected.
Ruhollah Khomeini's response to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's announcement of elections (August 1978), as quoted in "The Shah's Divided Land", Time Magazine, September 18, 1978.
