Legacy of a revolution: Objectives of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and significance

Imam Khomeini Highlighted Moral Values

Imam Khomeini's historic letter to Mikhail Gorbachev created ripples across globe

The letter Imam Khomeini wrote to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, which created ripples across the world, it was an unprecedented move. The letter was an open invitation to Gorbachev to break the manacles of man-made ideologies and the so-called liberal school of thought of the West.

Iran marks the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s message to Mikhail Gorbachev

Imam Khomeini tried to warn the Soviet president against following the destructive path of Western liberal capitalism. The pro-Western path chosen after the collapse of the USSR turned out to be catastrophic for Russia and many of neighboring ex-Soviet republics.

Imam Khomeini explained how intellectual proofs may be veils covering heart

Imam Khomeini through his theological works explained that They know the proofs for the existence of God and the reality of the Resurrection, but these very same intellectual proofs may be veils covering the heart which do not permit the light of faith to shine in.

The Impact of Imam Khomeini`s Mystical Thought on his Social Life Style.

Imam encouraged seminary students to undertake series discussions at lessons

(Extracted from a collection of memoirs)

What are main obstacles on the way to understanding Quranic interpretation from Imam’s views?

One of the obstacles towards understand the Quran is to induct the idea that in order to understand the Quran, one has to be a commentator of the Quran while taking moral, ethical and mystic benefit from the Quranic verses is nothing to do with tafseer (interpretation) and hence ordinary people should also be encouraged to pay attention to the ethical and moral aspects of the stories mentioned in the Quran.