Here is what Khomeini's fatwa in 1988 says:
"[s]ince the treacherous munafiqin do not believe in Islam and whatever they say is stemmed from their deception and hypocrisy, and since according to the claims of their leaders they have become apostates of Islam, and since they...
"[s]ince the treacherous munafiqin do not believe in Islam and whatever they say is stemmed from their deception and hypocrisy, and since according to the claims of their leaders they have become apostates of Islam, and since they...
https://twitter.com/KyleWOrton/status/1453233875484872710
... wage war on God and are engaging in classical warfare in the western, northern and southern parts of the country with the collaboration of the Baathist Party of Iraq, and also their spying for Saddam against our Muslim nation, and since they are tied to the World Arrogance...
... and have inflicted foul blows to the Islamic Republic since its inception, it follows that those who remain steadfast in their position of nifaq in prisons throughout the country are considered to be muharib (waging war on God) and are condemned to execution."
Is it possible that Khomeini wanted them dead b/c he viewed them as a terrorist group and nothing else? Sure. But the fatwa is filled with religious references and what appears to be an "intent to destroy" the group based on their lack of adherence to Khomeini's preferred Islam.
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