What was gorbachev's response to imam khomeini's letter? He said imam was?
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After hearing the text of the letter, Gorbachev thanked Ruhollah Khomeini for the letter and said: "I'll send an answer to this letter as soon as possible" and added "we'll deliver [Khomeini's letter] to the Soviet clergymen". Referring to Khomeini's invitation to Islam, he said: "we are approving the law of religious freedom in the Soviet Union, I have claimed before that despite having different ideologies we can have a peaceful relationship". Also, he smiled and said: "Imam Khomeini invited us to Islam; do we have to invite him to our school of thought?" Then he added: "this invitation is an interference in the internal issue of a country, because every country is free for selecting its school of thought"
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