In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Bring peace between them somehow and restore calm. Those people who have developed the wastelands are, of course, the owners. Those who are holding the wastelands are not the owners. «1»
Qum
Reply to an enquiry about the ownership of wastelands
Ibrahim Amini
جلد ۸ صحیفه امام خمینی (ره)، از صفحه ۴۸۳ تا صفحه ۴۸۲
«۱»- Imam Khomeini's reply is in response to the verbal question of Ibrahim Amini who has given the following explanation on the matter:" Regarding this issue, I had been on several missions on behalf of the Imam for looking into and resolving the differences between the landowners and the people. Around Khordad ۱۳۵۸ AHS (۱۹۷۹) we got ready to proceed on the second trip to Turkman Sahra where the Fada'iyan-e Khalq group was intensely active and differences and clashes had arisen between the people, and the landlords and owners. The status of the lands that had been confiscated in the past was also not clear. Considering the situation obtaining there, especially the differences over the lands, I asked the Imam some questions about these problems, and about our duties and his views on the differences there and the confiscation of the lands to which the Imam wrote the above explanation."
امام خمینی (ره)؛ 01 فروردین 1358