Role of Imam Khomeini in Formation of Shia Ideology

In the course of the Islamic Revolution, Shia Islam functioned as a guiding and emancipating ideology. In this connection, Imam Khomeini's role as the great ideologist of the Islamic Revolution is very outstanding.

Imam predicted the collapse of communism

Imam Khomeini, the great religious and spiritual leader of the Islamic World had predicted the collapse of Communism and sudden fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) though his political wisdom.

Fighting the Illegitimate Occupiers of Quds

Message

The anniversary of the historic verdict of Imam Khomeini on Salman Rushdie

The anniversary of the historic verdict of Imam Khomeini on Salman Rushdie

If a non-Muslim knows about his hideout and has the power to kill him faster than the Muslims, it is obliged for Muslims to give him whatever he wants as a prize or wages of his act.

The awakening breeze in the region is inspired by the Iranian revolution spring in 1979.

The region’s Islamic awakening breeze is inspired by the Iranian revolution spring

“The awakening breeze in the region is inspired by the Iranian revolution spring in 1979”. “Iran knows how to defend from its achievements and victories against foreign threats.” These are a Lebanese Christian MP statements.

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.

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.