On the 1st of January 1989, the leader of the Islamic revolution of Iran sent his historic and important message to Gorbachev, who is the ex-leader of the Soviet Union. This letter was sent at a time when political analysts were witnessing a want for a new ideology in the world, but they were too afraid to express it. The leader of the Islamic revolution not only openly talked of the changing world of communism, but said: “From now on we will have to look for communism in the historical and political museums of the world.” Imam Khomeini’s letter warned Gorbachev of the death of communism and of trusting the West. This letter was sent at a time when the Soviet Union was still going strong, the Cold War had not ended, the Berlin fall had not fallen, and communism ruled the people’s way of life and thoughts in the Soviet Union. Nevertheless the Imam tells Gorbachev that he can hear the sound of the Marxism’s bones breaking and warns him of getting help from the West to solve their financial problems.
When Ilaha Kowlayi ‘an ex-minister of parliament’ was asked about what she thought regarding the Imam’s letter to Gorbachev, she replied: “In the Imam’s historic letter to Gorbachev, the Imam talks of the dead end the Soviet Union will face. The truth is that the Imam believed that a society which does not accept God as their creator and as their true sovereign will always fall. According to this theory any society or government which follows an incorrect way of thought, rejects truths and ignores the intrinsic needs of humans, will not see the efforts of people in trying to attain profits and will in general oppose profiting. This is all due to an incorrect way of thought and will lead to destruction. Imam Khomeini had a special awareness of political circumstances and this led him in making such a precise prediction.
Keeping their opponents quiet, not allowing freedom of speech and political suffocation had hidden many truths within the Soviet Union. Many open minded intellectuals had argued that instilling governmental capitalism instead of private capitalism would not be sustainable. However the Imam’s predictions were more than a specialist opinion, they were based on religious beliefs and have now become a historical document.”
On the anniversary of the demise of Imam Khomeini in the year 2000, when asked about his reluctance to take the advice of Imam Khomeini about the fall of communism only three years before its fall, Gorbachev said the following in an interview with a News Channel in Moscow: “I think that Ayatollah Khomeini’s message was addressing all the eras throughout history.” He further added: “When I received this message I felt that the person who wrote this message was an intellectual who was worried about the future of the world. When reading this message I felt that he was someone who was worried about the word and he would like me to know and understand more about the Islamic revolution.”