Mr. Mir Husayn Mousawi, the honorable Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Pursuant to the proposal on the manner of implementing note 11 of the national budget, just as you can notice in the minutes of today's meeting, the two following cases dealing with unclaimed properties, have been dependent upon the direct view of the eminent Imam- may his sublime existence endure.
1. Laws on khums (including the khums, the two shares or two-fifth of the properties of the convict),
2. Laws on exemption from the obligation to the Islamic government (in view of the fact that the owners have been the persons in question and in terms of not seeking refuge and paying the due to the Islamic government these properties will be put at the disposal of the Imam). Kindly take step as you deem advisable as a gesture of posing religious question to the Imam, on ascertaining the ruling for these two cases, and determine what should be done to them: (1) to be turned over to the Relief Committee, (2) to remain at the disposal of the government or (3) to be spent elsewhere as determined by the Eminent Imam.
Tahmasb Mazahiri
Head of Executive Office for Implementation of Note 72
Ordibehesht 15,1367 AHS]
In His Most Exalted Name
Your Excellency Hujjat al-Islams Yazdi and Muhammadi Gilani,
Kindly take the trouble and examine the religious considerations of what has been written. In case of concordance with religious standards, they should be turned over to the Relief Committee for the poor.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Ordibehesht 23,1367 AHS