Democracy and Religion: Iranian Islamic Republic Experience

The Islamic republic in Iran introduced a new political model named “religious democracy” which is of great importance for those who try to harmonize religion with modern institutions...

Chronology of the Islamic Revolution:

13 Bahman 1357 AHS (February 02, 1979 C.E.)

America’s State Department spokesman announces that Imam Khomeini’s anti-American remarks on arrival in Tehran have not in any way affected America’s position vis-à-vis Iran.

Ayatollah Khomeini’s Discourse as ‘Final Vocabulary’

By using ‘thin’ and ‘thick’ words purely derived from Islamic metaphors and signifiers, Ayatollah Khomeini castigates the West’s claim to meta-narrative and pretension to universality

Twenty-Three Years after Imam Khomeini

I heard a visitor whom for sure had read the Imam’s humble remark, and in an answer whispered in tears: “O Imam! What shortcomings are you talking about? As far as we are concerned, you have been all goodness, purity and light”

19th of Dey in the Holy City of Qom

Opposition to this article culminated in the uprising by the people of Qom on January 9, 1978 (Dey 19, 1356 AHS) during which a number of revolutionary religious students were killed.

The Blessed Virgin Mary in Imam Khomeini's Words

Here, we mention some of Imam Khomeini's quotations about Saint Mary.

Imam Khomeini Used to Congratulate on Eve of Christmas

A prominent university professor says that the great Imam used to regularly express his congratulations for the Christian community on eve of Christmas whether during his stay in France or in the course of 1980s when he was the leader of Iran.

Imam's Historic House in Qom visited by Catholic Clerics

Latest figures indicate that thousands of people belonging to different faiths including several Catholic clergymen have paid visit to Imam's House over some past few months.