Imam Khomeini formed revolutionary council to run affairs

The Council of the Islamic Revolution consisted of academic figures appointed by Imam Ruhollah Khomeini to manage the Iranian Revolution on 10 January 1979, shortly before his return to Iran.

Imam Khomeini asked Gorbachev to reevaluate predecessors’ policy of obliterating God and religion ...

Reevaluate your predecessors’ policy of obliterating God and religion from society. Rest assured that this is the only way whereby world problems can be dealt with realistically, Imam Khomeini said to the last leader of Soviet Union.

In remembrance of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, a key aide to Imam Khomeini

Late Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani was among the main aides to late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini.

Did Imam Khomeini believe that Ayatollah Montazeri would be a potential successor after himself?

leader says US faces unprecedented defeat in Iran sanctions campaign

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned the United States of an “unprecedented defeat” in its campaign of sanctions and pressure against the Iranian nation.

From the view point of Imam, is marja’iyat (a leading Islamic jurist) among the basic qualities of ...

Imam Khomeini in letter to Gorbachev said that Communism was an outdated relic

In a letter, the Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Imam Khomeini told him Communism was an outdated relic.

The leader received Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement Ziad ...