Imam Khomeini

Gorbachev and Imam Khomeini

Gorbachev: “I’m sorry! I should have listened to Imam’s message”

In 1999, on the anniversary of the death of Imam Khomeini’s demise, in an interview with the IRIB News Agency in Moscow, Gorbachev regretted ignoring the Imam’s warnings three years before the collapse of the Soviet Union and said: “I think Imam Khomeini’s message addressed all the ages throughout history.” He also added: “When I received this message, I felt the person who wrote it was thoughtful and cared about the situation of the world. By studying the letter, I realized that he was someone who was worried about the world and wanted me to understand more about the Islamic revolution.”

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 09:37

Imam and Governance

A Gathering Discussing Imam Khomeini’s Jurisprudential School of Thought

The Imam’s opinion and views on governance and the difference between a fagih’s ruling and a governmental ruling are of great importance in jurisprudential governance. The Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought discusses the matter of governance, politics and power at length. Hujjat al-Islam Sa’eed Ziya’ei Fard, who is a howza intellectual and researcher, talked about the Imam’s jurisprudential school of thought at the gathering discussing Imam Khomeini’s jurisprudential school of thought.

Monday, January 09, 2012 09:18

Ayatollah Sayyid Noor Mofidi and Unity:

''The late Imam always insisted on the issue of unity among the Muslim people''

Ayatollah Sayyid Noor Mofidi, who is the Supreme Leader’s representative in Golestan and the leader of the Friday congregational prayers in Gorgan, talked of Imam Khomeini’s insistence on the unity of Muslims and its importance. He also talked of the Supreme Leader’s help in guiding Muslims towards unity and in neutralizing the plots of the enemies of Islam.

Thursday, January 05, 2012 09:33

The effects of the Imam’s letter to Gorbachev

Marzieh Dabbaq: The Imam’s letter to Gorbachev was monotheistic not diplomatic

Marzieh Hadidchi also known as Tahira Dabbaq, who was a political prisoner and an armed activist during the Pahlavi regime, started her anti Pahlavi activities in 1971. She escaped from the country with a fake passport in 1975 after being arrested and tortured by the SAVAK twice. She joined in food strikes in France and England for the freedom of Iranian political prisoners. In Saudi Arabia she spread Imam Khomeini’s announcements between the pilgrims. However most of his activities outside of Iran were related to training the Lebanese and Syrians in guerrilla fighting. During Imam Khomeini’s stay in Paris, she joined him and after the victory of the revolution she had some positions like the commander of Hamadan’s IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Sepah-e- Pasdaran) and manager of Tehran’s women prison. She was the first IRGC commander of the west of Iran after the revolution, three times MP, head of the women branch of Basij of I. R. Iran and the founder of the Intifada defenders union. She participated in this interview with Jamaran news agency despite her illness.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012 04:22

Ayatollah Javadi Amoli

The story of delivering Imam Khomeini’s letter to Gorbachev

Before and after the official visit of the Iranian delegation with the leader of the Soviet Union, there were no political contacts made, to a person or a group, by the head of the delegation, because this visit was only for submitting the message and clarifying its deep contents.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012 04:31

Sayyid Hassan Khomeini:

''The Nature of Islamic Awakening is Moral Awakening''

We have great days in front of us and we have also passed great days. This year, was an extraordinary year in the recent decades of the Islamic world, which the spiritual awakening is one of the most important faces of it.”

Sunday, January 01, 2012 03:03

The Imam’s historical message to Mikhail Gorbachev

The Imam’s prediction that Communism will fall

In 1989, Imam Khomeini sent a message to Gorbachev inviting him to accept Islam and warning him of the fall of the Soviet Union and the Communist way of thought. The Imam talked of the inability of fulfilling spiritual needs by material things.

Sunday, January 01, 2012 03:00

Imam Khomeini, a role model

The head Hezbollah held Imam Khomeini as his role model

Sheikh Ali Reza Biniyaaz describes the personality of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah and his many great characteristics. He points outs that the success of Hezbollah is due to the fact that they followed the Imam’s ideals and ways.

Monday, December 05, 2011 11:04

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