In His Most Exalted Name
The Honorable Ayatullah Aqa Haj Sayyid Shahabuddin Mar`ashi Najafi:
I have received your telegram expressing your support for the heroic way in which the dear armed forces and the combatant people are fighting, and your congratulations on their valuable victories. These victories are tied to their faith in God, the Exalted, their unstinting devotion and the wholehearted support of all the strata of the esteemed nation for these self-sacrificing combatants. I hope that it will continue until complete victory over the occupying superpowers of the world and the enemies of Islam, and that this solidarity and unity will, likewise, endure. I pray to the Almighty for your health and success. May God's peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini