09/12/1978
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"We are grateful also to Australia because of their courageous stand as an ally of ours in condemning the invasion that threatens the peace in Southwest Asia and the Persian Gulf region."
"I can assure you that this just anger will not be twisted into a false resentment against Islam or its faithful."
"Every day, I pray for the Ayatollah Khomeini."
"I affirm that friendship, both as a reality and as a goal."