TEHRAN -- Following the impious statements uttered by a member of the Islamic Revolution Mujahideen Organization in Hamedan, the Leader's representative in Hamedan and the manager of the Hamedan Seminary, in a letter to the grand ayatollahs Behjat, Makarem Shirazi, Khamenei, Nouri Hamedani, Safi Golpaygani, Sheikh Javadi Tabrizi, Sistani, Vahid Khorasani, Shobeiri Zanjani and Fazel Lankarani, asked for maximum punishment for Hashem Aqajari.

After expressing condolences to the grand ayatollahs on the recent tragic quake, the writers said: Hashem Aqajari, in a speech delivered at the commemoration ceremony held in Hamedan last week for the late Shariati, insulted the infallible Imams who are exemplary figures, as well as their followers and their sacred religious beliefs.

The Hamedan Seminary expresses its hatred for such behavior and asks the pertinent officials not only to punish him but also all those who invited him to deliver the lecture.

The letter further requested the grand ayatollahs to clarify the duty of the people in case the pertinent officials do not act categorically to punish those who insult the sacred beliefs of these exemplary people, the letter read in part.

Meanwhile, a member of the Society of Qom Seminary Instructors, Hojj. Ahmad Khatami, also denounced the statements of Aqajari.