Reporter: Amir Bahrami (Taraqqi magazine's correspondent)
[Mr. Bahrami (Taraqqi magazine's correspondent): Mr. Shaykh Fadlullah Mahallati and I went to Ayatullah Buroujerdi's residence for an interview at 2: 00 pm and as His Eminence was not feeling well at the time, he directed us to Mr. Haj Sayyid Rouhullah Khomeini- his formal representative on this matter, to be given the information; so, I went to his home and after the usual compliments I expressed my request. His Eminence said:]
The Ayatullah al-`Uzma's opinion is that Burqa`i should leave Qum, which is a religious city, and the ladies should not take part in the elections.
[He was asked about the number of people killed; he replied:]
" As far as I know there has been a person called Sayyid Muhammad «2» who is reported to be dead while 11 others have been injured. It is said that a few are missing, too. I visited the Fatimi Hospital on behalf of Hadrat Ayatullah Buroujerdi on Monday and asked Dr. Pour-Karimi for the list of those examined and treated. When I got the list, I noticed that it was not a detailed one (as it did not mention what had caused the injuries and the damages). Consequently, I got furious and expressed my protest. After visiting the patients I went to Ayatullah Buroujerdi and reported the situation at the hospital. He said, I will go to the hospital myself tomorrow, but due to his ailment he could not go to the hospital. General Mudabbir, Mr. Malik Isma`ili, Dr. Mudarrisi and I went to the hospital where the medical examinations were done again by Dr. Mudarrisi, revealing that a few have been shot in the limbs, and some had been pierced by metal pieces on their bodies, which remained unidentified (but according to General Mudabbir, the pieces of metal belonged to tear-gas shells)."
[I asked for permission from His Eminence to take a photo which he did not accept. We left this religious `alim's company at 2: 47 pm.]
Qum
The protest of people and theology students of Qum against Mr. Burqa`i's attendance at the Vienna Peace Conference «1» and the insult brought to the religious sanctities by the Toudeh Party sympathizers
The city police's brutal assault on the people and theological students
جلد ۱ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، از صفحه ۲۶ تا صفحه ۲۷
«۱»- After Sayyid 'Ali-Akbar Burqa'i's return from the Socialists' Peace Conference in Vienna and the insults directed toward the sacred religion of Islam and the Shi'ah authority under the pretext of supporting Mr. Burqa'i, unrests broke out in Qum; while the Muslim people in a gathering asked for his arrest and his being brought to justice, the armed forces started shooting at them to silence the protests, as a result of which one person was killed and a few injured. Mr. Buroujerdi (the grand marja' at-taqlid)appointed Imam Khomeini- who was known as Haj Aqa Rouhullah at that time- as his investigator. Under these circumstances the Taraqqi magazine reporter goes to Mr. Buroujerdi in Qum to prepare his report. Mr. Buroujerdi states that if the reporter wants to know his opinion, it would be better for him go to Mr. Sayyid Rouhullah Khomeini, his official representative. So the reporter goes to Imam Khomeini and speaks with him, a part of which was published in Taraqqi magazine no. ۳۲, ۱۳۳۱ AHS, as is accounted here.«۲»- Sayyid Muhammad Hajjeh Foroush, according to Taraqqi magazine's report (no. ۳۲, ۱۳۳۱ AHS), about ۳۰, ۰۰۰ people took part in his funeral procession.
امام خمینی (ره)؛ 12 دی 1416