Message [Reply to telegraph of congratulation on the occasion of the New Year of the lunar hejira calendar]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

His Excellency Shaykh Zayid Bin Sultan Al-e Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates government,

I acknowledge the receipt of your telegraph congratulating the arrival of the New Year of the lunar hejira calendar and extend my appreciation. Reciprocally, I congratulate you and the Muslim and brother people of your country on the New Year and beseech God Almighty to grant liberation to deprived and oppressed nations from the domination of Eastern and Western global imperialism, particularly the world-devouring US. May God's peace and mercy be upon you!

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini

Dhu'l-Hijjah 28,1404 AH