Western Democracy, Islamic Democracy

No suppression exists in Islam; there is freedom for all the people in Islam: for both men and women and for the blacks and whites...

Declaration of the Islamic Republic of Iran

And we wish to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land, to make them leaders...

Imam Khomeini Established First Religious Democratic System

The founder of the Islamic Republic established the first unprecedented religious democracy in the contemporary world through power of ballots and will of the people in lines with human and ethical values

Islamic Republic Day

Freedom & independence the gifts of the Islamic Republic

Women from the Islamic point of view

Women who want to get married can have discretionary rights from the day of marriage, as long as they are not contrary to religious law or their dignity...

Nobility and virtue of Hadrat Zahra

I implore the Almighty God to guide all the respected women along the path that He has laid down, so that they can achieve lofty Islamic goals. It is a source of great pride for the women...It is a source of pride and responsibility.

Imam's Message to new Persian year:

I hope that these Muslims will come to their senses

Of course, the feasts prescribed by Islam have been differently treated in accordance with different views of different schools. The understanding of he men of knowledge of feast widely differs from what others have...

Supreme Leader’s Norouz Message

The following is the full text of the message issued on March 20, 2013 by Ayatollah Khamenei the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution on the occasion of Norouz.