After the demise of Imam Khomeini, professor Mell (specialist orthopedist) of Germany came to Iran whom I also went to visit because of my leg problem. After diagnoses, when he came to know of my identity, he proposed that we sit down and engage in dialogue. The topic revolved round the Imam and the professor who was intensely influenced by the simplicity of the home and lifestyle of the Imam asked whether the rest of our authorities also lived as simply as him. The reply came that of course not as simply as him because Imam Khomeini was an exception. At that meeting he repeatedly expressed his admiration for the Imam and would say: “What an amazing human being he was, with this simple lifestyle he changed the whole world.” He lamented he had not met the Imam while he was still alive.
What an amazing human being he was! Muhammad Jihad Karrubi,