Imam Khomeini frequently through his speeches, works and messages emphasized a great significance to public and massive participation of people in the country’s all cultural, social, religious and political affairs.
Imam used to directly address the nation through his messages while he was living in exile.
Days before the historic return to the country in 1979, he directly addressed the nation in a message which was sent form the Paris district of Neauphle-le-Chateau.
Imam Khomeini in his message thanked the Iranian nation for rendering numerous sacrifices during their struggle against the Shah regime and its colonial backers. Imam hoped to join the public and gave them glad tiding of his historic return to the country.
Even in early years of the struggle for the Islamic Revolution, Imam urged the clergymen and intellectual to raise awareness among the public about the crimes and conspiracies being committed against them by the brutal Pahlavi regime.
Imam Khomeini also advised all nations across the world to rise up to retrieve their rights from their governments who had been become puppets of colonial powers.
He suggested practical steps in order to defended and shield the rights of entire Muslim world and oppressed people in all regions of the world. Imam never compromised over the rights of the oppressed nations.
He seriously pursued the rights of the oppressed Palestinian nation and exposed the crimes being committed by the Israeli regime against them.
Imam Khomeini established the Islamic Republic system with the support and massive participation of the public immediately after the victory of the Islamic Revolution under his leadership in 1979.
Imam Khomeini repeatedly advised the relevant authorities to guard and observe the rights of common people.
The founder of the Islamic Republic once said that he would be preferred to be called as a servant of the nation.