Imam Khomeini invited Gorbachev to embrace Islam in 1989 letter

Two years before the fall of the Soviet Union, its leader Mikhail Gorbachev would receive a letter from the Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, inviting him to embrace Islam. In the letter Imam said that your main problem is the prolonged and futile war you have waged against God, the source of existence and creation.

Iran marks anniversary of 1981 bombing at then-prime minister’s office

The Islamic Republic of Iran is marking the anniversary of the assassination of former President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and then-Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, who lost their lives in a bombing in the capital, Tehran, 41 years ago.

The Day the Shah fled

A memoir by Haj Ahmed Agha khomeini – Imam's son

Islamophobia on the rise in Germany

Germany, home to the second biggest Muslim community in Western Europe after France. It is also home to a growing number of racist attacks on Muslims by neonazis and far right extremists.

Leader says hostile rivalries among global powers, wars compound challenges facing world

Final statement and declaration of International Quds Day rallies

Thousands of Palestinians pray at al-Aqsa Mosque ahead of Intl. Quds Day

Palestinians have turned out en masse for prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque as a portrayal of national solidarity against the occupying Israeli regime, as freedom seekers worldwide prepare to mark the International Quds Day.

Referendum held months after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Led by Imam Khomeini, the Islamic Revolution was driven by anti-imperialist sentiments, since former Iranian monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was believed to be heavily dependent on western powers, especially the US.