Inquirer: `Ali Izadi (The Minister of Agriculture of Transitional government)
[In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Most Eminence, Supreme Leader of the Revolution, the Grand Ayatullah Imam Khomeini (May his benign existence endure),
His Eminence is kindly asked to notify a written order to elaborate on following details, which are the concerns of the people and the state officials:
1- Despite the fact that your Eminence's binding orders calling for regarding necessity of greater effort of farmers and expansion of cultivation area are construed to mean in logical and conceptual sense, everyone's legitimate labor on the land owned by him/ her in religious and legal terms, unfortunately a number of anti revolutionaries and opportunists in some regions have confused the simple minds of the rural people, pretending that farming on the lands of other people without their permission is tantamount to obeying the order of the Imam and being regarded as development of the area under cultivation. His Eminence is kindly begged to issue a decree to remove such misgivings.]
In His Most Exalted Name
Usurping the lands of others for cultivation or other purposes is unlawful and forcible expansion of lands for cultivation is not permissible and must be avoided.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-khomeini
[2- A number of people are making speeches and releasing statements to inculcate the idea that whoever plows and sows seeds on other's land forcibly and without permission can continue with his usurping control until the day of harvesting the crop. Your Eminence is begged to communicate your idea as to whether it is possible to dispossess such usurpers prior to harvest of the crop and determining the limits of religious surety for the usurper.]
In His Most Exalted Name
The usurper must immediately return the land to its owner and the owner of the land can empty the usurper's crop out of his land even before the time of harvest.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Finally, His Eminence's permission is begged to get the text of the religious edict for information of the public, especially the farmers and rural population in villages and farm lands throughout the country so as to prevent forcible usurpation, particularly at the start of the season of autumn cultivation as far as possible with the help of the supreme leader's orders, thus contributing to restoration of order and peace in rural regions.
With best regards
`Ali Izadi