Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini made remarks in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo among representatives of Catholic church, Sunni leaders and a number of Shia Muslims.
Addressing the ceremony, the intellectual said that Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic was against cruelty, oppression and any type of violence.
The religious and spiritual figure said that the solution to all existing world problems was to return to masses and attaching significance to the public.
He touched upon the Palestinian issue and said that the solution of holding a referendum in the occupied Palestinian lands as suggested by supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is viable. The grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic went onto say that the referendum will automatically result in the collapse of the occupied Israeli regime.
The grandson of the Islamic Republic concluded that the religious leaders and people should promote peace, friendship and rational approaches.
The founder of the Islamic Revolution is considered as a great supporter of the Palestinians rights and backer of other oppressed nations in contemporary history.
Imam Khomeini led Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, which culminated in the overthrow of the US-backed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy.
Imam Khomeini passed away on June 4, 1989 at the age of 87.
Every year, millions of Iranians from across the country travel to Tehran to pay homage to the late founder of the Islamic Republic.
Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, was born in the central Iranian city of Khomein on September 24, 1902 to a family of scholars.