In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Excellemcy Mr. Ahmad Sokotoreh, President of the Republic of Guinea,
I acknowledge the receipt of your kind telegram congratulating me on the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan with appreciation. It is regrettable that the holy month of Ramadan arrives at a time when the bloodthirsty and usurper Israel, after many years of crime and destruction, has committed another horrible crime and burnt down Lebanon and the Muslims of this land. More regrettable is that the rulers of Islamic countries indifferently watch this big disaster or simply condemn it by releasing a communique. Some of them even attempt to compel those who have been subjected to aggression to accept the cease-fire dictated by Israel and the US. Is it not apt for Islamic community to recite Istirja` ("We are from God and to Him shall we return", pronounced in time of death and disasters)? I sense danger for all Muslims from this lamentable situation and hope that committed officials do not abandon themselves to abject death more than this and bear in mind that we have never sought or initiated war and that our defense in the face of aggression is a human and Islamic right for any Muslim. It is this aggressor `Aflaqite Saddam who must provide the conditions conducive to an end to the war and restoration of peace, and accept those conditions. I entreat God Almighty to grant majesty and dignity to all Islamic countries and bring destruction to all colonialists, particularly the world-devouring US and the criminal Zionism. God's peace, blessing and mercy be upon you
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini