Sayyid Ahmad’s political thoughts

In any society based on situations and conditions, thoughts and ideas are developed, and if these thoughts become stable and active they could change to rules for the officials. After the victory of the Islamic revolution various thought were developed and one of them was Sayyid Ahmad’s thoughts. Through this article first we’ll discuss Sayyid Ahmad’s role in preserving the historical heritage of the revolution and Imam, then we’ll talk about his political thoughts as the most important principle in a ruling system based on Islamic principles. The important features in his political thoughts were people, freedom of thought and accepting criticism. He was among the first preachers of freedom of thought after the revolution.

A Commentary on the Chapter of Praise

The Russian translation of Imam Khomeini’s Exegesis of the Surah al-Fatiha was published

Imam Khomeini in his exegesis of the Surah al-Fatiha, with an interesting expression which was full of pure mystical teachings of Shia, has written one of the most everlasting works of the Islamic world’s exegesis.

“The purpose of the path” written by Seyyed Hassan Khomeini was translated to Urdu

The book named “The purpose of the path” written by Seyyed Hassan Khomeini which was published in Persian last year, was translated to Urdu during this year’s Fajr decade.

Book of Year

The ''Encyclopedia of Islamic Sects'' was chosen as the ''Book of Year''

In this work, 2340 sects has been studied and introduced and in the first comparing with other publications in this field we will find out about the quantity of sects and schools of thoughts and also the hard work of the authors for completing this encyclopedia.

Mohammad Javad Larijani:

''The letter was to design the relations after the Soviet collapse.''

After we returned from Moscow, early in the morning we went to visit Imam Khomeini; he told us: "Was Marxism over or not?" and I replied: "It was completely over", ***I always pity that Imam's letter was never analyzed well so that its thoughtful and deep sources could be revealed and we could find its meanings.***Shevardnadze told me he was shelterless against Imam's looks.***Imam's message had a great affect, the letters literature was quite interesting for them, they were faced with a leader like Imam Khomeini who spoke strongly, opposite to countries who spoke with strain against the Kremlin officials or always argue with them.

Imam Khomeini’s Philosophy of Hajj

The explanation of Imam Khomeini’s philosophy of Hajj found in Be Sooy-e-Miqaat

The book Be Sooy-e-Miqaat takes a look at Imam Khomeini’s philosophy regarding Hajj and discusses and explains the Imam’s philosophy. This book was composed by Hujjat-al-Islam Ali Akbar Babaei, and has been published by O’rooj Publucations.

How did the Soviet Union end?

The collapse of the Soviet Union made the bipolar world disappear, a world which through the last decades had decided about the political destiny of countries. This situation eased the reliance on culture to determine different layers of foreign policies in a government-nation level by the international players. On the other hand, it confirmed that along with the cultural role of politicians, we shouldn't forget that not seeing the effects of religious features, believes and traditions of nations on structuring a culture would cause disasters.

Iran-Russia relations

From Imam Khomeini’s letter to the collapse of the Soviet Union

When Mikhail Gorbachev, Head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, received Imam Khomeini’s letter from the Imam’s chosen delegation party, he turned to them and said: “Although the people of the Soviet Union and Iran are followers of different schools of thought, this does not prevent us from cooperating with each other based on our common principles and traditions.” On January the 4th 1989, when Eduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet foreign minister, traveled to Iran after his visit to Iraq and delivered Gorbachev’s official response to Imam Khomeini, he was also instructed to talk about bilateral relations.