
Mehdi Hojat, the founder of the Cultural Heritage Organization, says in this regard: "A number of people with shovels, picks, and hammers boarded three minibusses to destroy Persepolis because they considered it a sign of the empire. The late Taleghani makes a statement about the destruction of national monuments. A few of the Hizbollah children who were taking care of Persepolis stood there and read the statement to the protesters. The words of late Taleghani will be proof for them and they will return."