Radio Mellat Iran broadcasting on 9705 Khz 1800-1900 UTC - January 16, 2026
(Translation of the last 6 minutes of the Farsi language broadcast to Iranian protesters)
What is happening? On the anniversary of the January 16, 1979, the Shah and the honor bestowing, nation-building family departed Iran. Today, the heroic nation of Iran is engaged in a fierce battle with the criminal clerical regime, striving with every fiber of our being to bring the King back to Iran. Today marks the anniversary of Iran's twenty-fifth hour. The anniversary of Guadeloupe refers to a significant conference in January 1979 held on the island of Guadeloupe, where the leaders of four Western powers gathered to find a solution to the Iranian crisis, which was on the verge of revolution—a key event that accelerated the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty.
Marking the time and place: from January 4th to 7th, 1979, on the island of Guadeloupe. The participants were the leaders of the United States, France, Britain, and West Germany. They were Jimmy Carter, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, James Callaghan, and Helmut Schmidt, and today marks an ominous anniversary in Iranian history. The destruction of Iran was a global conspiracy. It manifested in the ugly departure of security and stability from the Middle East region and the world. And we see that Europe, America, and more importantly the Middle East, have never seen peace since, living every day in anxiety and fear. Fear of terror and the destruction of their countries. Your culture, civility, and functionality have vanished, and Muslims have been removed from all positions in these countries, threatening to drag the people toward Islamic terror, bloodshed, and horror. Unfortunately, forty-seven years ago on such a day, five countries—America, Germany, France, Italy, and England—made an ominous decision for Iran, signing the document for the destruction of Iran and the Middle East, and for years the world has not seen peace or comfort.
At the Guadeloupe Conference, it was officially declared that the Shah must go, and the US military would take over the Iranian military's role in the Middle East; England also joined America's efforts to escape its debts to Iran. In an unprecedented message filled with anger, the Shah stated that such a decision was made without understanding the culture and history of nations, that he was not merely an individual whose fate could be severed while US-Iran relations remained intact, and that with his departure, the situation would spiral out of control and the Middle East would never see peace again. After December 27, 1978, at the Niavaran Palace, King Hussein of Jordan, a Hashemite, told the Shahanshah Aryamehr: 'Do not go. Beneath the feet of the people of the Middle East lies not oil, but barrels of gunpowder. If you leave, the Middle East is gone.' The Shahanshah replied to him: 'The people will pay the price for this departure, something they do not yet realize.' 'Maintaining peace in a region with billions of dollars in natural resources and energy is not a task for just any government.' 'I will not stand against my own people.' 'Reigning over the corpses of my countrymen is not my desire.' 'For me, the future welfare of the Iranian people is what matters.' 'The problem with what lies beneath the feet of the people of the Middle East is not my fault.' 'The daily production of half a million barrels of oil draws the world to the Middle East, and I know that after I leave, the Middle East is finished.' 'He had to go.' The time had come. Long live. The Eternal Shah. Iran. Long live. The heroic nation of Iran.
Your name is on my lips again; your name is eternal to me. Jubilation from joy. The ancestral land has settled in my heart with your love. My life is bound to yours; this beauty is the melodious name of Iran. You are you, I am Iran; your name stands tall, a keepsake for the world. At first, laughter. The laughter of Iran in my veins. Flowing. Every memento. Always eternal. The voice of Iran. Iran. The song of Iran.
At Signoff – 1900UTC:
“Here, we conclude the 25th program of the season of Radio Mellat Iran with hope for freedom and prosperity.”
Contributed by Bill McDavitt (USA)