[In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
To His Holiness the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini- may my soul be his ransom,
May peace be upon you!
As I do not want to take your time at these sensitive circumstances, I do hereby begin my remarks without any introduction.
I am the mother of a martyr whose name is Sayyid `Ali-Asghar Kiya from among the great army of the beloved martyrs of Islam. At the early part of my conjugal life, I lost my husband in an accident. He was among the Sadat (descendants of the Prophet). I continued the remaining part of my life with four children as memory of the deceased. During the imposed war I offered one of them to Islam and to Your Eminence, and now am ready to perform my duty.
At the outset, your message that was full of pain and affliction on acceptance of the UN Resolution 598 reposed on the body and soul of the Iranian nation and the downtrodden of the world, especially the families of martyrs. Be certain that as you said, they drank it like a poisoned chalice but to endure whatever is for the pleasure of God and the interest of the beloved Islam is pleasant.
The sworn enemies of Islam have firmly decided to destroy and annihilate the sacred religion of Islam and they bequeathed it from their corrupt forefathers and predecessors. Yet, what a false imagination! O God, be the Witness that by emulating our forerunners such as Ibrahim, Muhammad (peace be upon him), `Ali (`a), Zahra (`a), and their infallible progeny (may God's salutations be upon them all), and by following the eminent religious reference authority and shelter of the revolution, we have also firmly decided to resist against their unblessed objectives up to the last man and the last breath. The march rally on the day of `Id al-Ghadir «1» proved that the noble nation of Iran will die but do not endure ignominy, abjectness and meanness in front of the enemies of Islam. With this turn-out, they showed that they always listen to the order of their divine leader and that they consider this obedience as their religious duty on the basis of the noble verse," Obey Allah and obey the Messenger".
Let it not be that the circumstances of the day would have dirtied your divine skirt and afflicted your blessed heart. We assure you that we will wash your skirt and heart with the tears of our eyes and we will create river out of our bloods and dam out of our bodies in confronting the enemies of Islam in which they will drown and be confined to the ground.
I do hereby offer a paltry gift, which I saved and had thought and imagined tens of ways of spending it for my and my children's welfare, with the intention of meeting the needs in the warfronts and I have also vowed to offer my six months salary. Thus, I do hereby offer the abovementioned gift (one gold bracelet) along with the amount of thirty-thousand rials (one month salary), and I will also offer the rest, God willing.
In closing, I hope for your benevolent prayer and humbly ask you to respond to this letter with your blessed handwriting (though it may be short). I pray to God, the Blessed and Exalted, for Your Eminence's long life with sound health together with all the downtrodden, Muslims and Shi`ah.
May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Shamsi Nourani, one of the students of the religious sciences and service staff of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, and mother of Martyr Sayyid `Ali-Asghar Kiya
In His Most Exalted Name
My dear daughter, Mrs. Hajjah Shamsi Nourani:
I read your emotional letter. I do not know how to appreciate you and persons like you. Before all these love and affection, I cannot do anything except gratitude and prayer.
I am hereby sending your bracelet as my gift for you. I myself will send to the warfront the amount as part of the six months vow. Convey my warm greetings to your dear children- these beloveds of the noble nation of Iran. May God assist and protect you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Mordad 23,1367 AHS