We have to strengthen ourselves to avoid war, Leader says

Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for a further strengthening of the country’s defense power to confront threats and avoid any possible outbreak of war.

Imam Khomeini's historic interview in Paris before return to homeland

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.

Senior clerics warn of plot to create strife in Iraq, Lebanon

Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani andTehran’s Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani has expressed support for reforms in Iraq and Lebanon amid popular protests in the two countries, but warned of hostile elements seeking to destabilize the countries.

Leader says US, West spy services inciting unrest in regional states

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned that the United States and Western spy services, funded by certain reactionary countries of the region, have been fomenting turmoil and insecurity in other regional states, calling for vigilance against such enemy plots.

President Rouhani say US has failed on every path taken against Iran:

President Rouhani told a large crowd of people in the northeastern city of Shirvan, in North Khorasan Province, on Sunday that whatever Washington had tried against Iran, including “the harshest of sanctions” — had wound up in failure.

Imam Khomeini encouraged democratic norms, boosted role of parliament

Popular vote and the elections was widely accepted and accepted as vital norm and was institutionalized in the structure of the Islamic system following the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Imam Khomeini highlighted role of parliament and lawmakers

The parliament and lawmakers have great significance in dynamic thought of the Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic.