Leader appoints new IRGC chief commander

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as the new chief commander of the military elite force, promoting him to the rank of major general.

Purification is prior to teaching and learning, Imam Khomeini defined

According to Imam Khomeini, purification is prior to teaching and learning. The Prophet (of Islam) is assigned to purge, to educate and to prepare the 'selves' and then teach them the Book and Wisdom.

Birth of Imam Khomeini on the 20th of Jamadí as-Sani was not a mere coincidence

The 20th of Jamadi as-Sani, the auspicious birth anniversary of the Most Noble Lady, Hazrat Fatema az-Zahra (peace be upon her), which is celebrated as “Mother’s Day in the Islamic Republic of Iran, was the day on which one of her devoted servants, the Father of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini (God bless his soul), was born.

The greatest asset is taqwa or piety which the Qur’an and hadīth have so much underscored, urging ...

How did Imam Khomeini become the leading Marja’ in Iran after the demise of Ayatollah Boroujerdi?

Imam Sadiq (PBUH) was most famous character in terms of knowledge, virtues

Imam Sadiq (PBUH), the successor of the holy prophet of Islam, was the greatest most famous character in terms of knowledge, jurisprudence, parentage, worship, spiritual state, and ethical virtues.

Imam Khomeini explained that Islam only values virtue and piety

How human soul can become empire of divine and rational powers, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, if the faith and reason take possession of the mind, and they command all human faculties to work in their own direction, man acts according to the dictates of reason and faith.