Message [Reply to congratulatory message on the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

His Excellency Mr. Erich Honecker, President of the Democratic Republic of Germany,

The receipt of Your Excellency's congratulatory message on the occasion of the anniversary of the victory of Islamic Revolution is acknowledged with gratitude. During these ten years, the noble nation of Iran withstood different kinds of plots and hostilities of Western and Eastern. Now they are facing a new conspiracy concocted by the Zionists and their Western allies, by publishing the blasphemous book, The Satanic Verses. They have thus insulted and ridiculed over one billion Muslims of the world. With the help of God, they would not again succeed. They would not obtain anything except disgrace and loss of their gains.

Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini

Esfand 21,1367 AHS