One day after the 7th of Tir (June 28) bombing incident I together with Martyr Raja'i, Mr. Musawi Ardabili and Mr. Hashimi Rafsanjani paid a courtesy call on the Imam. On the way the conversation revolved around how this horrendous incident be explained to the Imam so that it did not cause any problems for the Imam who had suffered a heart attack earlier. It was decided that Mr. Hashimi should speak with the Imam on behalf of all of us. When we went into the presence of the Imam, we sat down for a while and the meeting observed a meaningful silence. The Imam also understood it; but instead of Mr. Hashimi doing the speaking, the Imam himself spoke and then mentioned an incident to us stating that many years ago, cholera had spread in a region and many people had lost their lives to this deadly disease such that a large number of corpses were arranged at the side of one another such that people would be horrified when they saw these corpses to the extent that out of fear of getting infected people were dying. This continued until a powerful clergyman addressed the people and asked the people why they were as terrorized as people were dying together because their end had come and that they should not be afraid otherwise all of them would die out of fear of this cholera!
After narrating this story the Imam stated: "Yes, in last night's incident also people had died en masse when their end had come and these martyrs had died together so that there was nothing to get terrorized at. The Imam possessed such a spiritual strength that all those who were received by him approached the incident with unsurpassed courage.
Next he stated: "Mr. Ardabili should continue with the task delegated to late martyr Beheshti and I will also issue the letter of authority to him." He stated to Mr. Hashimi that the parliament must be kept running in whatever form that it existed then such that on the next day, the members of parliament who were severely wounded were brought to the parliament on hospital beds and serum drips so that the legislative assembly could function with the required minimum of members.[1]
[1]Peace and spiritual strength of the Imam in the 7th Tir (June 28) bombing incident: Sayyid 'Ali Akbar Parvaresh