Guardian Council members pledge allegiance to Imam ideals

Senior officials from Guardian Council have renewed allegiance to the ideals of the founder of the Islamic Republic by visiting his holy mausoleum.

ID: 40970 | Date: 2015/09/04
Laying a wreath of flower at Imam Khomeini’s holy shrine, senior members of the council paid tribute to the late Imam Khomeini. 


Several senior clerics and clergymen included the delegation that recently paid the visit to the tomb of the founder of the Islamic Republic. They also prayed for the prosperity of nation and Islamic Republic system. 


Imam’s holy mausoleum on the outskirts of the Iranian capital Tehran is visited by thousands of domestic pilgrims and foreign devotees each year.  


The senior members and clerics also held a meeting with Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the founder Islamic Republic to discuss the current domestic and regional issues. 


Under the Iranian Constitution, the Guardian Council, a 12-member body consisting of six legal experts and six Islamic jurists, is tasked with vetting legislative and presidential candidates, supervising elections and overseeing the bills passed in parliament for conformity with Islamic principles.


It is noteworthy that Imam Khomeini is considered an unprecedented leader and a history-making figure in the contemporary history.   The academic legacy and dynamic political thought of the unprecedented figure o the contemporary history are becoming increasingly popular among the elite classes, academics and masses of people in various parts of the world.


The great Imam revived the divine and ethical values at a time when the world had been plunged into moral and social decline. 


The great leader of the Muslim world has had well-command over the Islamic sciences and several disciplines of knowledge. 


The Islamic Revolution emerged triumphant under his wise leadership in 1979. The revolution raised awareness among the Muslim nations and inspired awakening. 


The great Imam established an Islamic-democratic system following the victory of the Islamic revolution which brought prosperity for the Iranian nation and changed power equation in the interests of the Islamic and oppressed nations.