Letter [to Mahdi Ha'iri Yazdi]

 In His Most Exalted Name
Dhou'l-Hijjah 4,1398 AH
I would like to inform Your Honor of the receipt of your telegram and may God, the Exalted, bless you with health and prosperity. The reason for not replying to your telegrams is because your telegram was lost during the time of moving to another place, and I couldn't find it. Now that Mr. Nusratullah Amini has come here, it was decided to reply. Due to some circumstances, I moved from the holy city of Najaf to Kuwait, and there, I was denied entrance, even just to pass through the city to get to the station. I was compelled to go to Paris; because there was a chance of facing the same conspiracy in other Islamic countries; and I am intending to move to an Islamic country whenever I find a place suitable to continue my services. I hope Your Honor will pray for me. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini