Maybe, this was acceptable and desirable for many at that...

Maybe, this was acceptable and desirable for many at that time, because of the distortions which had changed the original [message of] event of Ashura; so this trend was spreading. However, till this matter was not addressed by Imam Khomeini officially, publically and within the framework of the event of Ashura, we clearly observed no serious and real action taken on this matter.

In two chapters [of his movement], Imam Khomeini (r.a.) attached the [revolutionary] movement with the event of Ashura. First, in the first chapter of the movement– i.e., in 1963 during the days of Muharram– when the tribune for promoting the movement was the hussayniehs, mourning ceremonies, and religious gatherings.…