His excellency Ayatollah Khomeini served brilliantly when he rose against any kind of seeking of dominating and accepting domination and when he fought against imperialism and his rose was holy one; and through that he guaranteed the victory of the Islamic revolution in Iran and he caused the independent development and the success of our country. His name will remain permanently in the depth of the existence of the general public of Iran.
Keem Eel Sung – the leader and the president of that time of the democratic republic of North Korea