In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Noble and combatant nation of Iran!
I would like to thank you for your untiring efforts and endeavors in the path of bolstering the truth and defeating falsehood. Nowadays, it has been observed that various individuals have trespassed on people's homes and have inconvenienced the families. Although some of these people must be punished because of their tainted past record, I deem it necessary to ask you to refrain from breaking into their homes lest innocent members of the families be put to trouble. I ask of you, my beloved children, that from now on nobody is allowed to break into any private homes or detain any individuals unless you have the consent of the legal government. Of course, those criminals and oppressors, whose hands are tainted with the people's blood and have violated people's rights, should not be exempted from punishment, but the punishment of offenders should not be meted out in a disorderly manner by the irresponsible people. You must identify the criminals and report them to the Islamic revolutionary provisional government so that they will be detained or tried in court according to government orders. I reiterate that the above-mentioned is an Islamic order and its violation is prohibited. May God's peace and mercy be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini