Message [Expulsion of Iranians from Iraq]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

The noble nation of Iran! It is the American plot carried out by the criminal and perverted Iraqi regime of Ba`ath. Iraqis are driven out of their houses and sent to Iran in a retched and pitiable condition. They are dear guests. Do host them with due respect. They are your victimized brothers. They are driven out of their houses without any right but only to please the big Satan in a blind obedience and to be in line with the lust of self. They are our victim brothers.

The noble nation and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran should provide them all the necessities for living in a very befitting manner. Do not let them feel any inconvenience. The cursed regime of Ba`ath who has girded itself to confront with Islam and Muslims should know that it is egregiously wrong. The Muslim nations of Iran and Iraq shall repudiate the chieftains of those elements. They shall expel them from their land and drag them into the oblivion of history.

Saddam Hussein is confronting the noble nation of Iraq. He now sees himself in destruction. So he is making pretexts and grounds in order to divert the attention of Muslim brothers from himself and the stolid Ba`ath party in order to go on a few more days with his criminal atrocities.

With his hands are dipped up to elbows in the blood of Iraqi youths, Saddam now wants to pose himself as a supporter of Arabs. He in his fancy prefers Arabs to Islam. He has turned his back upon Islam. He presumes by doing so he could attract the Arabs. He is ignorant that the Arab nations preserve Islam as dearly as their own life and they fight and wrangle with the enemies of Islam as their ancestors did.

Our Arab brothers! You should know that your enemies, the cursed Ba`ath party at their head, are enemies of our nation. Our nation is in enmity with your enemies and is a friend of your friends. Our nation also shares the agonies that have hailed upon you at the hands of the corrupt regime. We hope that the Ba`ath regime to be finally put into the dustbin of history like the regime of Shah. We hope that the victory of Muslims shall be near.

We pray to God for the victory of Muslims over the corrupt superpowers. Peace be upon all the virtuous servants of God.

Rouhullah Mousawi Khomeini

Farvardin 20,1359 AHS, Jamadi al-Awwal 23,1400 AH