A summit discusses the economic reasons and policies behind collapse of the Shah regime

Leader stresses importance of knowledge-based production in meet with entrepreneurs

Over 600 business owners, manufacturers and entrepreneurs active in different sectors were invited for a meeting with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Leader says enemies made miscalculation in riots, failed to get Iranians on board

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei highlights the enemies’ “miscalculation” during recent riots in Iran, saying they attempted in vain to rally the Iranians behind their plot to overthrow the government and disintegrate the Islamic Republic.

Leader says foreign-backed rioters pretended to protest weaknesses, but sought to destroy strengths

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemies sought to destroy Iran’s progress and strengths through the recent violent riots in the country.

Leader slams West’s fake support for women’s rights as ‘absolute brazenness’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed the West's bogus advocacy of women’s rights, stressing that fake gestures come despite the fact that women there are subjected to different forms of abuse.

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Imam Khomeini successfully kept monitoring Islamic Revolution from exile

Imam Khomeini, a professor of philosophy at Qom seminary who had been exiled in 1964 after speaking out harshly against the shah’s so-called reform program and argued that, with the help of the ulama, the shah could be overthrown.

Imam strongly reacted against anti-Islamic summit held in Vienna

Extracted from a series of memoirs about Imam Khomeini