A group of Shia scholars from Turkey holds meeting with Seyyed Hassam Khomeini, Imam's grandson.

A day to oppose global arrogance, national struggle against aggressive powers

In 1979, a group of Iranian university students took over the US embassy, which they maintained had turned into a center of espionage aimed at overthrowing the Islamic Republic in Iran following the country’s Islamic Revolution earlier in 1979. Imam Khomeini stressed, “I have said it times and again that takeover of the US embassy by Muslim youth and students was a natural reaction to the harm being done to our people by America.”

Why did Shah regime send Mostafa Khomeini to exile?

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam

Leader says riots enemy plot devised in ‘clumsy’ reaction to nation’s progress

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the recent scattered riots in several Iranian cities have been devised by enemies as a “clumsy,” “foolish” and “passive” reaction to the Iranian nation’s great moves and innovative progress.

Imam Khomeini's decades long struggle and exile for Islamic Revolution

What types of Imam Khomeini had sought following the victory of Islamic Revolution?

Leader tells Turkey: Any military action in northern Syria to harm entire region, benefit ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says any military action in northern Syria will definitely harm Turkey, Syria and the entire region and will instead benefit terrorists.

Palestinians mark Eid al-Adha at Aqsa Mosque despite intensive Israel's control

Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshipers have performed Eid al-Adha prayers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound despite the heavy deployment of Israeli occupation forces.