Before the Faydiyyah incident and near the annual Feast, one early morning, when I was on my way, I saw declarations that were pasted on two walls. In those declarations that were from the 'Savak' secret police and were pasted on the walls under different names such as 'national front', Society of Women etc… insulting remarks were made about the Imam using very foul language. On seeing these declarations, I became extremely disturbed. Anyway, I went to the residence of the Imam and noticed that some individuals had also brought along with them some of those declarations. While I was extremely disturbed, I told Mr. S?ani'i that: "I want to see the Imam." Mr. S'ani'i told the Imam that I had come to se him and a few minutes later the Imam asked me to go inside. When I was in the presence of the Imam, I saw that he was studying in preparation for classes. This was a little amazing for me that in this situation and circumstances, when things were becoming complicated and despite these declarations that had profoundly affected everybody, how the Imam was in such control of himself and was busy reading and that too a text that was not part of the syllabus. The book that he was reading was a book that was for instance, authored by a theologian about a discussion and the Imam was reading it in order to debate and reject the discussion. I was astounded at this amazing morale of the Imam that at a time when we did not have the nerve even to take a look at a book, he was busy reading in absolute peace.[1]
[1]Soul at peace with God: Ayatullah Tahiri Khorram-Abadi