Engineer Mahdi Bazargan based on the recommendations of the Revolutionary Council, and the canonical and legal right arising from the approximately unanimous and decisive majority vote of the Iranian nation and the trust in the leadership of the movement as expressed in the huge assembly and numerous massive demonstrations of the people held all over Iran and by virtue of the trust (confidence) in the unwavering faith that you have in the sacred religion of Islam and the knowledge that we have of the history of your Islamic and national struggle irrespective of your party relationship and affiliation to a specific group, I hereby invest you with the power to form a provisional government that will be responsible for managing the country's administrative affairs.
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