
Ayatollah Sadegh Khalkhali, the Sharia Ruler, arrived in Shiraz in the spring of 1358 to deal with several judicial cases. When Ayatollah Khalkhali was in Shiraz, whispers were heard that he was planning to destroy Persepolis. Ayatollah Khalkhali, who later joined the spectrum of reformers! He was one of the critics and opponents of Cyrus and considered Persepolis as "the symbol of the empire".