In the days of the beginning of the struggle against the monarchy, I was one day seated beside the Imam and a large crowd had arrived from Tehran. One of the doors of the house was closed. The Imam became aware of this and said: “Who has closed this door?” Someone replied that in order not to inconvenience the people, the door was closed on the orders of Haj Aqa Mustafa. The Imam retorted with discomfort that, “No, open the door; let the people be free; nobody should interfere in my house. The doors of my house must be kept open to the public.”
The doors of my house must be kept open to the public: Ayatullah Mas‘udi Khomeini