Imam Khomeini's exile to Bursa showed weakening Shah regime

Shortly before dawn on November 4, 1964, again a detachment of commandos surrounded the Imam’s house in Qum, arrested him, and this time took him directly to Mehrabad airport in Tehran for immediate banishment to Turkey.

Imam Khomeini’s exile to Bursa shook pillars of Shah monarchy

Shah regime failed to limit Imam Khomeini's political activities

In 1978 and while Islamic movement of Iranian people led by Imam Khomeini had reached its culmination, the Shah’s regime, disappointed at compromising with Imam Khomeini, tried some political measures to limit his activities or deport him from Iraq.

Massacre by Shah regime on Black Friday caused Pahlavi dynasty to collapse

17 Shahrivar 1357 AHS (8 September, 1978) on the Iranian calendar was dubbed "Black Friday" when Shah regime imposed martial law in response to protests against Pahlavi dynasty.

Imam Khomeini said history is a lesson for us

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic once said that Whatever befell this oppressed nation in the course of history from the constitutional movement to the last appointments in tyrannical monarchy.

Early political life of Imam Khomeini

Imam Khomeini's devotees mourn on 29th anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s passing

A special mourning ceremony is scheduled at Imam Khomeini’s Mausoleum in southern Tehran later Monday, with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei due to deliver a speech. Millions of Iranians and international admirers are marking 29 years since the departure of the revered founder of the Islamic Republic Imam Khomeini.

Imam Khomeini overthrew puppet regime of Pahlavi

The Islamic revolution under the wise leadership of Imam Khomeini saw the ouster of the Pahlavi Dynasty and its ruler Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.