the truth behind the Pahlavi Regime agents raid against Ayatollah Shari’atmadari’s house

On May 10th 1978 a big rally was held in Qum. The military agents of the city attacked people. Some were shot and injured and about 130 people were arrested as SAVAK report reveals. Group of seminary students in rally were forced to take shelter in Ayatollah Shari’atmadari’s house which was near there. The agents followed the student in the rooms and even the basement there and beat them. Based on the confessions made by close people to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi this raid was common plan between the regime and Ayatollah to rebuild his public prestige which had been badly destroyed. They wanted to exculpate him from the accusation of having relations with the regime. It can be argued the killing of a student in the Ayatollah’s house was not part of that plan and the violence used by the agents was a bit further than what it had been predicted or some accident might have happened.