Letter [to `Ali-Akbar Wilayati]

In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Honorable Mr. `Ali-Akbar Wilayati, Minister of Foreign Affairs:
I know you as a religious man and sympathetic to the revolution. You and our friends in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should tolerate criticisms, whether they are true or not. The open political atmosphere of the revolutionary, inexperience of some of the officials and relay any issue to the society even though it may be to the detriment of the people would not only make the works of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs difficult, it would also affect unfavorably some domestic policies. I pray for you and all the servants of Islam and Iran. I hope that only God is your focus in your service as in the past. I pray to God, the most Exalted, for the success of you and other servants of Islam. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Farvardin 20,1367 AHS