Decree [Dispatching an emissary to Kurdistan]

In His Most Exalted Name

Shawwal 5,1399 AH

His Eminence Hujjat al-Islam Aqa Haj Shaykh Husayn Kermani- may his graces last:

With due regards to Your Eminence's background and your familiarity with the Kurdistan region, it is expedient that you travel there, and make your utmost effort to resolve the region's problems and restore the shortages. This can be accomplished through cooperation and consultation with the local clergymen and the distinguished `ulama', as well as the army, gendarmerie, the Revolutionary Guards, and all other qualified individuals. Also please take action to make the region peaceful in any way that Your Eminence and other gentlemen find expedient. This does not mean for you to negotiate with the criminals, i.e. the leaders (of the parties), who actually must be suppressed. I pray to God, the Exalted, for the success of all in serving Islam and the Muslims. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini