Jewish community lives in peace in Iran

A leader of the Jewish community in Tehran says followers of the religion live in peace in Iran as local Muslims respect their customs and the government remains committed to the religious law.

Imam Khomeini encouraged massive participation of public masses in elections

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic through his historic speeches and messages used to encourage the public masses to ensure the vast turnout during elections.

Imam Khomeini adamantly opposed monarchy

Imam Khomeini believed that Iran should strive towards self-reliance. He viewed certain elements of Western culture as being inherently decadent and a corrupting influence upon the youth.

Imam Khomeini: We will neither tilt towards the West nor lean towards the East; we want to be a ...

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Imam Khomeini warned nations about the dangers of Israel

In March 1963, Imam Khomeini wrote a letter about the danger of Israel to the various unions and associations in Qom.

Imam's letter to the Soviet Union leader contained much wisdom and sound advice

Imam Khomeini then suggested that, if Mikhail Gorbachev desired to become more familiar with Islamic concepts, the Soviet leader should command his scholars to study the philosophical works of al-Farabi, Avicenna, Sohravardi and Mullah Sadra to become familiar with the “nature of knowledge” which is different from the “nature of matter.”

Imam launched vast educational campaign to promote literacy rate

A memoirs by Dr. Fatima Tabatabei, Imam’s daughter-in-law

Why did Imam Khomeini use to seek maximum turn out in elections?