In his meetings with the warriors, the Imam’s morale was noticeably different as compared to his meetings with others. He had an unusual affection for the martyrs and their families. For quite some time the photographs of the martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war and the Revolution was presented to him for his autograph. Doctors found out that the adverse impact on his physical condition was quite noticeable on each occasion that the Imam signed the photographs of the martyrs. For this reason, the doctors totally prohibited bringing photographs of martyrs for his signature.
Name of the narrator: Hujjat al-Islam wal Muslimeen Sayyed Hassan Khomeini, Heroic Resistance, vol. 2
Title of the Book: Impressions and Memoirs about Imam Khomeini's Practical Behaviour, vol. 1, chapter two, page 208