In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Mr. Mobutu Sese Seko (?), President of Zaire,
I received your message of condolence on the tragic martyrdom of the beloved president and prime minister of our country. I appreciate your sympathy and kindness. I beseech God to grant high status to the martyrs and humiliate the plotters. I hope that these heinous crimes committed by the agents of America, will reveal to the world our innocence in the face of this bloodthirsty giant and spare us the need to provide a response to the baseless propaganda which is massively is launched against us.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Shahrivar 25,1360 AHS