Ayatollah Rafsanjani was a longtime friend of Imam Khomeini

Imam used to recite entire holy Quran within each three days during Ramadan.

A memoir by Seyyed Ahamad Khomeini, Imam’s son

What significance had been of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in Islamic Revolution?

Any person could see the Imam

Hujjat al-Islam wal Muslimeen Hashemi Rafsanjani, Shahed journal, no. 3

Imam Khomeini successfully kept monitoring Islamic Revolution from exile

Imam Khomeini, a professor of philosophy at Qom seminary who had been exiled in 1964 after speaking out harshly against the shah’s so-called reform program and argued that, with the help of the ulama, the shah could be overthrown.

Meetings with world leaders, Iranian officials were arranged in Imam’s small room

A memoirs by Shaheed Siyaad Shirazi

5th passing anniversary of late Ayatollah Rafsanjani held at Imam Khomeini's shrine

The ceremony marking the fifth pass-away anniversary of the former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was held in Imam Khomeini's Mausoleum in Tehran, with the attendance of Iranian political officials.

The ceremony marking the fifth pass-away anniversary of the former Iranian president Ayatollah ...