Of the sagacious judgment of the Imam not only in relation to the Shah's regime rather, with every individual, person, group or gathering whom he would come across was that he would evaluate the other party at the first encounter. I heard this from my martyred brother Haj Mustafa who would quote the Imam as having said that, "Sometimes when a person comes to see me as soon as he opens his mouth and has not finished his sentence, I come to know what he wants to say and what designs he has and what objective he wants to achieve from his meeting with me."[1]
[1]I know what you want to say! Sayyid Hamid Ruhani