Iran vows to confront terrorism

Imam Khomeini the founder of the Islamic Republic used to advise officials and relevant authorities to confront all types of terrorism and violence.

Imam Khomeini exposed MKO crimes

Imam Khomeini the founder of the Islamic Republic strongly condemned the anti-Iran terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) for its crimes and acts of violence.

Iranians Resisted Aggression by Colonial Powers

The Iranian nation under wise and divine leadership of Imam Khomeini resisted all type of aggressions and eight-year long imposed war launched by former dictator Saddam Hossein and his regional and Western backers.

A Group of Tourists Visit Imam Khomeini's House in Jamaran

Groups of foreign visitors comprising German and Iraqi nationals have visited an art gallery about the Islamic Revolution and its founder in the northern part of the Iranian capital Tehran.

Suddenly the expression of the Imam changed

Mohammad Javad Larijani:

''The letter was to design the relations after the Soviet collapse.''

After we returned from Moscow, early in the morning we went to visit Imam Khomeini; he told us: "Was Marxism over or not?" and I replied: "It was completely over", ***I always pity that Imam's letter was never analyzed well so that its thoughtful and deep sources could be revealed and we could find its meanings.***Shevardnadze told me he was shelterless against Imam's looks.***Imam's message had a great affect, the letters literature was quite interesting for them, they were faced with a leader like Imam Khomeini who spoke strongly, opposite to countries who spoke with strain against the Kremlin officials or always argue with them.

Iran-Russia relations

From Imam Khomeini’s letter to the collapse of the Soviet Union

When Mikhail Gorbachev, Head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, received Imam Khomeini’s letter from the Imam’s chosen delegation party, he turned to them and said: “Although the people of the Soviet Union and Iran are followers of different schools of thought, this does not prevent us from cooperating with each other based on our common principles and traditions.” On January the 4th 1989, when Eduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet foreign minister, traveled to Iran after his visit to Iraq and delivered Gorbachev’s official response to Imam Khomeini, he was also instructed to talk about bilateral relations.