Providing more than 230 books about Imam Khomeini for foreign students

Imam and Islamic Revolution Student-Cultural Center of Jihad Daneshgahi is holding a two days “Studying Imam” camp with participation of more than 230 foreign students with 35 different nationalities who are currently studying in Iran, starting the Decade of Fajr ceremony on February 1st.

Admirers of the Imam in Baku

The admirers of Imam Khomeini were thanked and honored in Baku

A group of political and cultural intellectuals, who are admirers of Imam Khomeini, were honored in the Azebaijan Republic. The office of the Iranian embassy’s cultural attaché in Azerbaijan hosted this event

The Imam’s house in Khomeini

305 thousand people visited the Imam’s house in Khomein

The Imam was born in his house in Khomein 109 years ago and lived there until he was seventeen. It has now become a historical site, which is visited by thousands of tourists every year.

Hamid Reza Asefi:

The message to Gorbachev was a sign of Imam’s power

This letter has different dimensions which we could speak about it; philosophical, religious and cultural dimensions which are all notable, but about the political dimension of the message; we should consider that in the situation which the message was sent no one could have thought or predicted about the collapse of the Soviet Union, but Imam had done it, and this shows that if any one wants to view the situation with out considering the developments of time he has too have a inspirational point of view.

Understating the Imam’s views

Sheikh Na’eem’s book regarding Imam Khomeini had been published

Hujjat al-Islam wa a-Muslimeen Sheikh Na’eem, who is the deputy head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, has composed and published a book entitled Al-Imam al-Khomeini al-Isala wa al-Tajdid. This book explains the views of the Imam on a serious of different topics

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.

Gorbachev’s response to Imam Khomeini:

''Your message has deep concerns about the fate of mankind''

On January 4th 1989 Imam Khomeini’s message was delivered to Gorbachev by his selected delegations who were Ayatollah Javadi Amoli, Mohammad Javad Larijani and Mrs. Marzieh Hadidehchi Dabbaq. Eight weeks later Gorbachev delivered his response to Imam Khomeini by the then Soviet foreign minister, Edward Shevardnadze in Tehran. Gorbachev saw a great value to Imam’s message in his response, but it was clear that he had not understood the spiritual dimensions of Imam’s message. Because he had first tried to describe his activities for promoting political freedom in the Soviet Union and then he had described the achievements of a communist economic from 1917 till now. In the meeting between Eduard Shevardnadze, those days Soviet foreign minister, and Imam Khomeini, Ali Akbar Velayati, those days Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Larijani, deputy of the foreign minister and a member of the delegation, and Alireza Nobari, then the Iranian ambassador to the Soviet Union were also present.

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.