Khalkhali’s Determination to Destroy Persepolis

  Mehdi Hojjat, the founder of the Cultural Heritage Organization. Nusratullah Amini also said in his memoirs: "Khalkhali announced that they are coming to destroy Persepolis." In response to this statement, I announced in a radio speech that for such an action, they must pass over my dead body. I also ordered the military to be ready for them to enter Shiraz, but before carrying out their mission, they were ordered to return to Tehran."