Iranians protest Charlie Hebdo's defamatory cartoons

Dozens of Iranian protesters have gathered outside France’s embassy in Tehran to express their anger at a French publication after it called for cartoons attacking the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority.

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Imam Khomeini introduced holy lady Hadrat Fatima (PBUH) as divine role model for women

According to Imam Khomeini, the divine lady Fatima (PBUH) was not an ordinary woman; she was a spiritual woman, a heavenly woman, a perfect human being in the true sense of the word. She was a unique spiritual woman who embodied all the virtues of the prophets.

Unity of the Seminary and the university

Need for awareness and wakefulness among the students

Imam Khomeini's expectations from universities

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, said the Islamization of universities means their distinction and independence from the Western and the Eastern blocs. So in this way, we will have a sovereign nation, culture and university.

Islamic revolution was totally free from foreign dependence

The late Ayatullah Rouhullah Khomeini of Iran was the most talked of person during 1979 - 1989 period after leading a successful revolution against the powerful Shah Pahlavi who was called the policeman of Persian Gulf.

Leader says Iran's main confrontation is with global hegemony, not a bunch of rioters

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran's battle is not with a group of rioters who have recently wreaked havoc in the country, adding "the main confrontation is with the global hegemony".