The innocent martyr Beheshti called to say that for the arrival reception of the Imam from Paris to Tehran the following arrangements had been made:
1. The welcoming is to be extremely great and extensive and that Mehrabad airport was to be carpeted wall-to-wall.
2. The city is to be covered with lights and decorated
3. The Imam is to be taken by a helicopter from the airport to the Behesht-e-Zahra burial ground because the massive crowd would make it dangerous to cover the distance with an automobile...
When I mentioned these arrangements to the Imam he stated: “Go and call Iran and tell the gentlemen that are they making arrangements to bring Cyrus to Iran! A clergyman had departed from Iran and that same clergyman is returning to Iran. I will not go to Behesht-e-Zahra by helicopter.”
The subject was relayed back to Iran but Martyr Beheshti was anxious that for instance the sheer size of the crowd did not God forbid cause any harm to the Imam and... again the report was communicated to the Imam and he stated: “I must be like the rest of the people even if I am crushed in a stamped...”
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