In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, the President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (of the USSR) - Moscow:
We received your telegram of sympathy regarding the recent calamity in Gachsaran. I hereby thank you for your expression of sympathy and pray to the Almighty God for the success of all the deprived people of the world in gaining their rights.
Rouhullah al Mousawi al-Khomeini
Shawwal 13,1400 AH
Shahrivar 2,1359 AHS
Jamaran, Tehran
The heart-rending calamity of the Gachsaran region «1»
Leonid Brezhnev (the President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet)
جلد ۱۳ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، صفحه ۱۲۵
«۱»- A contractor had stored dynamite and gunpowder in a road construction company's warehouse, in the village Dehbozorg village, without a legal permit and in contravention of safety regulations. Negligence while welding the lock of the warehouse caused a huge explosion to occur killing some of the local inhabitants and laborers. Ittila`at daily of ۵/۳۰/۱۳۵۹ AHS, p.۵.
امام خمینی (ره)؛ 02 شهریور 1359