Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev
| 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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Presidency Foreign policy |
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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. This letter was Khomeini's only written message to a foreign leader. Khomeini's letter was delivered by the Iranian politicians Abdollah Javadi Amoli, Mohammad-Javad Larijani, and Marzieh Hadidchi. In the letter, Khomeini declared that communism was dissolving within the Soviet bloc, and invited Gorbachev to consider Islam as an alternative to communist ideology.