{"id":63798,"date":"2026-03-05T18:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63798"},"modified":"2026-03-07T21:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T20:22:52","slug":"the-sublime-letter-from-the-ukrainian-ambassador-to-south-africa-to-the-iranian-ambassador-about-khamenei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/05\/the-sublime-letter-from-the-ukrainian-ambassador-to-south-africa-to-the-iranian-ambassador-about-khamenei\/","title":{"rendered":"The sublime letter from the Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa to the Iranian ambassador about Khamenei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has been enduring a full-scale Russian invasion for four years. An invasion supported by the Islamist dictatorship of Iran.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/22\/zelenskys-words-on-the-lack-of-support-for-the-protests-in-iran-and-its-effects\/\">Zelensky's words on the lack of support for the protests in Iran and its effects<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/13\/a-statement-by-zelensky-on-iran-that-western-leaders-should-endorse\/\">A statement by Zelensky on Iran that Western leaders should endorse<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ukraine does not forget the Islamist dictatorship's support for the Russian invaders.<\/strong> On February 28, the same day that Operation Epic Fury was launched against the ayatollahs' dictatorship, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/2027742862977200307\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the President of Ukraine recalled<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"Although Ukrainians never threatened Iran, <strong>the Iranian regime chose to become Putin\u2019s accomplice and supplied him with \u201cshahed\u201d drones<\/strong>, and not only the drones themselves, but also the technologies to produce them. Iran also provided other weapons to Russia. Over the course of this full-scale war, <strong>Russia has used more than 57,000 shahed-type attack drones against the Ukrainian people, cities, and energy infrastructure.<\/strong> Other nations have also suffered from Iranian-backed terror. Therefore, <strong>it is fair to give the Iranian people a chance to rid themselves of a terrorist regime<\/strong> and to guarantee security for all nations that have suffered from terror originating in Iran\".<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Following that support, <strong>the Iranian embassy in Pretoria had the audacity to invite the Ukrainian ambassador to South Africa to sign a book of condolences for Ali Khamenei<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/01\/the-death-of-a-dictator-and-the-contrast-between-the-streets-of-iran-and-leftist-circles\/\">the bloodthirsty dictator eliminated on the first day of the military intervention<\/a> carried out by the United States and Israel against the terrorist regime in Tehran. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/olex_scherba\/status\/2029157492702273687\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">That invitation has been revealed by Olexander Scherba, Ukraine's ambassador to South Africa<\/a>, in a message posted on his personal Twitter account, which also includes <strong>the sublime reply letter he sent to the Iranian ambassador:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Your Excellency,<br \/>\nMr. Ambassador,<\/p>\n<p>Since <strong>you notified the Embassy of Ukraine of the book of condolences for deceased Ayatollah Khamenei and Iran\u2019s military leadership<\/strong>, I feel compelled to remind you the following.<\/p>\n<p>As military allies of the Russian Federation, <strong>the deceased leaders of Iran had on their hands the blood of thousands of Ukrainian citizens \u2013 men and women, children and elderly \u2013<\/strong> killed with the help of the infamous Iran-made \u201cShahed\u201d drones and other military know-how so eagerly provided to Russia by your government. <strong>Your leaders were complicit in bringing endless grief to Ukrainian civilians.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Being a person of faith, I try not to rejoice in the death of other people<\/strong>, even those who chose to be tormentors of my country that did nothing bad to theirs. But as someone who has spent three years to the tune of Iran-created machines of death howling every night in the sky over Kyiv and other peaceful Ukrainian cities, <strong>I cannot help but wish for every culprit to meet the justice they deserve. If not by human law, then in the face of God Almighty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador, I do not know you personally and have no grudge against you. Sometimes good diplomats must speak for bad leaders and their policies. But I hope you understand that <strong>I won\u2019t express condolences for someone whose death I do not mourn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nDr. Olexander Scherba<br \/>\nAmbassador<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>My applause to Olexander Scherba for this letter.<\/strong> And of course, I reiterate my support for the people of Ukraine against the Russian invasion, as I have been expressing for the past four years, and my support for the people of Iran against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/01\/26\/iran-30-days-of-protests-more-than-36500-people-killed-and-many-masks-dropped\/\">the tyrants who have massacred tens of thousands of Persian citizens for demanding freedom<\/a>. It is high time that Persia freed itself from these tyrants, and certainly <strong>this liberation will not come with sweet words or attempts at appeasement<\/strong>, which have already failed in the 47 years that the ayatollahs have been in power.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So far, appeasement has only served to give Iran's tyrants the time they need to massacre their people<\/strong> and also to support the terrorists who are massacring civilians in Ukraine and Israel. <strong>A terrorist regime that uses such extreme violence<\/strong> to oppress millions of people and that promotes terrorism beyond its borders <strong>can only be overthrown by force<\/strong>. Many Iranians do not seem displeased with that possibility, as evidenced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/01\/the-death-of-a-dictator-and-the-contrast-between-the-streets-of-iran-and-leftist-circles\/\">the abundant displays of jubilation in Iran over the dictator's death<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has been enduring a full-scale Russian invasion for four years. An invasion supported by the Islamist dictatorship of Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[26019,822,26392,26360,16153,11933,15307,16074],"class_list":["post-63798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-ali-khamenei","tag-iran","tag-olexander-scherba","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-south-africa","tag-ukraine","tag-volodimir-zelenski"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}