In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Verily, we belong to God and to Him we shall return
It is a matter of great sorrow and regret that Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad-Baqir Sadr and his respected victim sister, one of the demagogues of the knowledge and conduct, a pride of sciences and culture have attained the highest degree of martyrdom at the hands of the depraved Ba`ath regime of Iraq. This has been reported by the foreign minister obtained by the various reliable sources and the Islamic countries. Besides, other sources too have reported the same. Martyrdom is a heritage. These dear personalities have inherited from their ancestors. Likewise, tyranny and atrocity too is a heritage. These cruel tyrants inherit from their tyrant ancestors. There is nothing strange in the martyrdom of these great men who spent their life in campaigning for the aims of Islam at the hands of tyrants who too spent their life in bloodshed and cruelty. The warriors in the way of truth die in their beds. The tyrants, bloodthirsty, if their hands be clear of victims' blood, which will be an odd and strange. It is not a matter of wonder that the late Ayatullah and his honorable sister are martyred. The wonder is here that the Islamic nations particularly the noble nation of Iraq and more particularly the tribes of Tigris and Euphrates and the youth and the Iraqi university students should remain indifferent at this agony, and havoc that has hit Islam and the Prophet's House (peace be on them). It is, indeed, strange that they give the cursed Ba`ath party of Iraq a chance to kill the sources of our pride one after the other. The army of Iraq and other forces should become tools in their hands. This is a painful fact that they help them in destruction of Islam and Qur'an.
I am disappointed from the up grade army officers. But I am not from the soldiers and all the inferior officers. I do not expect them that they will raise and uproot the tyrants there. They will do the same as happened herein Iran. Or they should run out of the camps and their squadrons. They should not incur shame of the deeds of the Ba`ath party. On the other hand, I am not disappointed from the workers and the governmental staff of the illegitimate regime. I hope they will extend their hands into the hands of Iraqi nation and eradicate this element of shame from Iraq. I pray God to wipe out this tyranny from Iraq.
In the honor of this literary personality and the holy warrior, the pride of the theological institutes and the religious oracle, I declare three days mourning commencing from Wednesday the 3 rd Ordibehesht a public holiday. I pray to God to compensate this irretrievable loss and desire from Him the glory of Islam and Muslims.
May God's peace, mercy and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Ordibehesht 2,1359 AH