As the costs of the eight-year war mounted, Imam Khomeini, in his words, "drank the cup of poison" and accepted a truce mediated by the United Nations.
Shi kuwa a nasa bangaren, Imam Khumaini ya bayyana wannan lamari (na shahadar Sayyid Mustafa) a matsayin wata boyayyiyar ni'imar Ubangiji, wanda hakan ya zamanto abin ban al'ajabi ainun.