He adds: "Yet the very first sparks of consciousness concerning Islamic, revolutionary ideas and the duty to fight the Shah's despotism and his British supporters, was kindled in my soul at the age of 13 when the brave cleric, Nawwab Safavi, later martyred by the Shah's regime, came to our school in Mashhad in 1952 and delivered a fiery speech against the Shah's anti-Islamic and devious policies."
Hakan kuwa ya faru ne lokacin da Shahid Nawwab Safawi da wasu daga cikin ‘yan kungiyar ‘Fida’iyane Islam’ (masu sadaukarwa ga Musulunci) suka kai musu ziyara a makarantar Sulaiman Khan na garin Mashhad a shekarar 1331 (1952) inda suka gudanar da wani jawabi mai motsa rai kan batun raya Musulunci da gudanar da tsarin mulki na Ubangiji da kuma irin yaudara da karyar da Shah da turawan Ingili masu daure masa gindi suka yi wa al’ummar Iran.