Soroush Letter Translation

Here is a good translation of the letter sent to Khamenei by Abdolkarim Soroush. Soroush was one of the leading intellectual founders of the Islamic Republic who purged universities to ensure that they would become Islamic. This man has sent this letter that openly challenges the compentacy of Khamenei to be Supreme Leader. It shows both how much support this regime has lost among the orignal supporters of the Revolution and how much the orginal supporters of the Revolution have lost faith in the idea of the infallibablity of the Supreme Leader:

"Mr. Khamenei,

In this shortage of wisdom and justice all complain about you, and I thank you… Not that I have no complaints. I do, and I have plenty of them, but I shared them with God. Your ears are so heavy with praise and cuddles of panegyrists that no room is left for voices of complainers. But I am very thankful to you. You said that “the regime’s dignity was harmed” and its respect vanished. Believe me when I say that I have not heard such happy news from anyone throughout my life. Congratulations to you for announcing the misery and baseness of religious dictatorship.

I am glad that finally the cries of early-risers reached the heavens and flamed God’s fire of revenge. You were willing to sacrifice God’s dignity to keep your own; for people to walk away from religion and piety but not your leadership; for religion, tradition and truth to be crumpled but your dictatorial garb remain crisp. But God did not want it. The broken hearts and the sewn lips and the shed blood and the amputated hands and the torn skirts did not want it and did not let it happen. The pious and the wise and the prophets did not want it. The deprived and the downtrodden and the oppressed did not allow it.

The crumbling and decaying of fear and legitimacy of the rule of the jurist was the greatest achievement of the uprising of honor over looting and awakened the sleeping lion of courage and strength… Religious dictatorship is ridiculed by both the pious and infidels. It is time to harvest the green farm of the movement. We have prayed that to God and God is with us.

The turning of the tables has no sweeter and fresher evidence than the fact that your celebrations have all become funerals. Whatever made you laugh one day now makes your cry and shake. The university that you wanted to praise you now is your nightmare. Street protests, religious gatherings, Ramaddam, Moharram, Hajj, rituals and mourning have all become the symbols of your bad omen and work against your.

We are a lucky generation. We shall celebrate the collapse of religious dictatorship. A moral society and a non-religious government are on our green horoscope.”