A day to oppose global arrogance, national struggle against aggressive powers

In 1979, a group of Iranian university students took over the US embassy, which they maintained had turned into a center of espionage aimed at overthrowing the Islamic Republic in Iran following the country’s Islamic Revolution earlier in 1979. Imam Khomeini stressed, “I have said it times and again that takeover of the US embassy by Muslim youth and students was a natural reaction to the harm being done to our people by America.”

Martyr Mostafa Khomeini furthered the objectives of Islamic Revolution

The mysterious death of Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini, on October 23, 1977, prepared the grounds for a wave of movement by the people.

Imam Khomeini: Our revolution was for this very purpose. It was staged in order to revive Islamic ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 13, P 278

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini

The teacher who had the most profound influence on Imam Khomeini’s spiritual development was, however, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Shahabadi (d. 1328 Sh. /1950); to him the Imam refers in a number of his works as shaykhuna and ‘arif-I kamil, and his relationship with him was that of a murid with his murshid.

Imam Khomeini came up with the idea of the Islamic Unity Week

In response, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, came up with the idea of the Islamic Unity Week. This was based on the strategy of the Islamic Republic to avoid enemy traps and instead strengthen unity among Muslims.

36th Islamic Unity Conference kicks off to discuss strategies to global peace

Following the announcement of the week of unity by the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, and based on the strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran to strengthen unity among Muslims, it was decided to hold the International Islamic Unity Conference.

Imam Khomeini's decades long struggle and exile for Islamic Revolution

Imam monitored struggle for Islamic revolution during exile

A memoirs by Hojjat al-Islam Ferdowsipour