In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Respected residents of Kurdistan, my esteemed friends:
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution and the declaration of an Islamic Republic, groups that are hostile to Islam and are agents of foreigners commenced their activities against the Islamic movement and against the Islamic Republic. Even some of them openly opposed it and boycotted the referendum, and you brothers saw that the Democrat Party of Kurdistan was directly affiliated with America and Zionism. On the threshold of the formation of the Council of Experts and after the massive rally in support of Quds, the treacherous leaders of this party, misled the youth and drove them to fratricide. My Muslim brothers, do not listen to the deceptive propaganda of these opponents of Islam who wish to drive our Muslim country toward infidelity, and prevent our beloved youth from falling into the traps of these deviant people. I profusely thank the inhabitants of Kurdistan for being steadfast in their humane and Islamic duty and I ask them to provide support to the Islamic disciplinary forces and to capture the leaders of this party and the corrupt ones in the region and hand them over to the personnel and should know that with this act they achieve the consent of the Almighty God and the Esteemed Prophet of Islam. The Democrat Party of Kurdistan has been declared unofficial and illegal. And since it is a party of Satan, all the inhabitants of Kurdistan should act upon their religious obligation and forbid their youth from becoming members of this dissolved party; and categorically and firmly thwart the plots of these traitors and expose the hideouts of their leaders to the government and the Islamic armed forces. It is hoped that this action of yours will result in the acceptance of your worships in the Presence of the Exalted Truth. In conclusion, I would like to emphasize that Islam is the only refuge of all of us; and under its glorious banner, all the groups shall attain their due rights. The agents of the foreigners who see that their interests and the interests of their masters are in danger, in order to provoke the Sunni brothers and fan the flames of fratricide, have put forward the Shi`ah-Sunni issue and with this mischief they seek to create a rift between brothers. In the Islamic Republic, all the Sunni and Shi`ah brothers are at the side of each other and are brothers and enjoy equal rights. Any person that propagates against this is an enemy of Islam and Iran; and the Kurdish brothers must nip this anti-Islamic propaganda in the bud. I implore God, the Exalted, for the unity of expression of Muslims and the extermination of the hypocrites. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Mordad 29,1358 AHS