Message [Reply to congratulatory message on the occasion of new lunar year]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

Dhul-Hijjah 28,1403 AH

Your Excellency Mr. Shaykh Khalifah Bin Hamad Al-e Thani, Emir of Qatar,

I acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's message of congratulation on the occasion of the new lunar year with pleasure. Unfortunately, the threshold of the New Year, our nation at is mourning for hundreds of innocent women, children and men who were slaughtered by the criminal Saddam in Andimeshk, Dezfoul and. More deplorable is that many of the leaders of Islamic countries are simply watching these savage crimes, passing by indifferently. I implore God Almighty to curtail the hands of all criminals, particularly the world devouring US and his irresolute mercenaries such as Saddam from regional Muslims. May God's peace and mercy be upon you!

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini