Revisiting Imam Khomeini’s Letter to Gorbachev

On January 3, 1988, a historic letter was delivered from Imam Khomeini to President Mikhail Gorbachev. This letter has since been entered into the annals of history as a piece of remarkably insightful and indeed prophetic writing from one head of state to another.

Imam Khomeini recommends reforming the self over reforming others

Imam Khomeini, may his soul be sanctified, gives preference to reforming the self over reforming others and reckons the interior as more important than the exterior.

Imam Khomeini foiled US-designated plots, denounced Capitulation

In October 1964, the Shah signed the bill which came to be known as the ‘Bill of Capitulation’. The bill intended to give immunity to foreigners especially the US authorities inside Iran.

Islam’s call is restricted neither to the spiritual nor the material, it contains both aspects. The ...

Host related with intellectual powers attract man toward sublime, Imam Khomeini enlightened

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic through his theological works made it clear that the host related with the divine and intellectual powers attracts him toward the sublime.

Imam Khomeini was forced to leave Najaf on October 6, 1978

In a message addressed to Iranian nation he mentioned the reasons for his flight, “Now that I’m forced to leave adjacency of Imam Ali (PBUH) and do not see my hands free in Islamic territories to serve you the oppressed nation who are attacked by foreigners and their affiliates, and in a situation that they had stopped me from entering Kuwait while I had visa, I fly to France.

Saudi regime hell-bent on wiping Muslim heritage in Hejaz

Motivated by the ultra-hardline ideology of Wahhabism, which has dominated Saudi Arabia for decades, the incumbent regime in Riyadh is hell-bent on wiping Muslim heritage from the Hejaz region, threatening Islamic identity.

Imam Khomeini highlighted significance of ethics

Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic attached a great significance to ethical values.