Imam Khomeini’s Approach to Political Struggle

The focus of this paper is analysis of methods used by Imam Khomeini in his struggles until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main question of this paper is: What was Imam Khomeini’s approach to violence and nonviolence in his political struggles against the Shah’s regime?

Imam had no love for material world or worldly position.

Hamze Qaidi, a French Muslim journalist

Imam's beloved wife stood by Imam through all thick and thin times

The first day of Farvardin month of new Persian year on the solar calendar coincides with passing away anniversary of Lady Khadijah Thaqafi who was Imam's beloved wife and belonged to a religious family.

Imam during exile kept visiting Karbala regularly

A memoir by Hojjat al-Islam Rahimian

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.

Conspiracy to get rid of the keys behind our victory

Islamic revolution was totally free from foreign dependence

The late Ayatullah Rouhullah Khomeini of Iran was the most talked of person during 1979 - 1989 period after leading a successful revolution against the powerful Shah Pahlavi who was called the policeman of Persian Gulf.

Imam left no luxury items, no property except some books

(Extracted from a collection about memoirs about Imam Khomeini)