Letter [to Ibrahim Yazdi]

In His Most Exalted Name

Shawwal 7,1396 AH

The Honorable Dr. Yazdi, may God assist him:

Thank you for your kind letter of felicitations on the auspicious occasion of `Id al-Fitr, even if they have left no more `Ids for Muslims. Imperialism and its evil lackeys have turned the Muslim lands into their spheres of mischief. You will see every corner of Islamic countries subjected to transgressions under a bunch of mercenaries because of the intrigues of foreigners. Look at the tragic state of Iran, its prisons filled with religious personages and godly intellectuals; our Muslim brothers and sisters languishing in torture chambers in extremely harsh conditions for the crime of proclaiming the truth; or Lebanon in its lamentable situation with the fires of strife started there by foreign powers and their treacherous hirelings, turning the land into a scene of desolation; or Palestine and other countries, and their treacherous leaders, may God forsake them.

Regrettably, I am passing my days in this place of exile. I beseech God Almighty to return the `Id to the Muslims. May peace be upon you.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini