How much did Imam attach significance to independence?

First sparks of Islamic Revolution were essentially lit in Muharram

The uprising of 5 June 1963, a milestone in the history of Islamic Revolution, was occurred subsequent to Imam Khomeini’s speech on the afternoon of Ashura (June 3).

Morocco rejects normalization with Israel ahead of Kushner's visit

Does political independence have any relation with economy from imam’s viewpoint?

UAE stabbed Palestine in back by normalizing with Israel

President Mahmoud Abbas has railed against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — which long portrayed itself as an advocate of Palestine’s cause — for stabbing the Palestinian nation in the back by making peace with Israel, warning other Arab countries not to follow in Abu Dhabi’s footsteps.

Imam Khomeini led revolution with clear strategy, wisdom and rationality

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic believed that the leadership of the movement should have a strategy.

Iran, US and UK: 1953 coup d'état revisited

Well, little by little, the Western historians are starting to come to grips with the reality of the 1953 coup staged by the British intelligence agency MI6 and the American CIA against the democratically elected Mossadegh government in Iran.

How MI6 was given free hand in 1953 Iran coup: Report

A report shows how an MI6 intelligence officer was allowed to spend as much money as he desired to overthrow Iran’s first democratically-elected government of Mohammad Mosaddeq and restore the Pahlavi regime in 1953.