Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev | |
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Created | 7 January 1989 |
Author(s) | Ruhollah Khomeini |
Media type | Letter |
Subject | Invited Gorbachev to consider Islam as an alternative to communist ideology |
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On 7 January 1989, Ruhollah Khomeini, supreme leader of Iran, sent a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Soviet Union.[1] This letter was Khomeini's only written message to a foreign leader.[2] Khomeini's letter was delivered by the Iranian politicians Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, Mohammad-Javad Larijani, and Marzieh Hadidchi.[3] In the letter, Khomeini declared that communism was dissolving within the Soviet bloc,[4][5] and invited Gorbachev to consider Islam as an alternative to communist ideology.[3][6]
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