Imam’s teaching focused often on relevance of religion to practical issues of the day

Imam Khomeini's teaching focused often on the overriding relevance of religion to practical social and political issues of the day.

Neauphle-le-Château commemorated Islamic Revolution victory

A recent ceremony organized by the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in France took place this Sunday in Neauphle-le-Château at the site where Imam Khomeini led the Islamic Revolution from exile.

Imam Khomeini led revolution against US-backed oppression of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

On February 1, 1979 after years of exile, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran.

Imam Khomeini returned triumphantly after US-backed Shah fled Iran

Only two weeks after the Shah fled Iran on January 16, 1979, Imam Khomeini returned to Iran triumphantly, on February 1, 1979, invited by the anti-Shah revolution which was already in progress.

Imam Khomeini’s lecture series in Najaf laid out his ideas on Islamic governance

In early 1970 Imam Khomeini gave a lecture series in Najaf on Islamic Government which later was published as a book titled variously Islamic Government or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists (velayat-e faqih).

Imam successfully monitored and led Islamic Revolution from exile

US kidnapping of Venezuela’s president ‘clear instance of state terrorism’: FM

Iran’s foreign minister has sharply condemned the United States’ military aggression against Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, describing the move as a “clear instance of state terrorism” and a blatant violation of the Venezuelan people’s sovereignty.

Imam’s famous lectures laid out his ideas on Islamic governance