Imam Khomeini said in a historic message that Martyr Ayatollah Dr. Sayyid Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti had been himself a nation.
Imam on several occasion hailed Beheshti’s knowledge of worldly and religious affairs and his political wisdom.
Imam Khomeini issued a statement following the tragic event and martyrdom of Martyr Ayatollah Dr. Beheshti and his fellows in a terrorist attack on June 28 in 1981.
A part of the detailed statement come as following:
“Iran nation lost 72 innocent people in this event, and the number is the same as it was in Karbala. Iran nation is proud of presenting such persons who devoted themselves in the way of Islam and Muslims. People's enemies martyred a group who had gathered for discussing about country’s policy…..”