Bakhtiar regime couldn’t block Imam Khomeini’s return to homeland

A memoir by Imam’s son Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini

Imam Khomeini passed through several dangers

A memoir by late Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Imam Khomeini's 3 beliefs, which changed the destiny of Iran

Islamic laws are progressive and advanced, Imam Khomeini explained

In an interview with La Croa, Italian newspaper, Imam Khomeini said in a historic statement that he was confronting the Shah regime and its Western backers were intending to destroy our humanistic, cultural and religious values.

We have no other option except to remove the corrupt Shah regime: Imam Khomeini

In an interview with Luxembourg Radio-Television reporter, Imam Khomeini once told in international media that no option had been left for the Iranian nation except to overthrow the US and Western-backed corrupt Shah regime.

Imam Khomeini: The main objectives of Islamic movement had been the toppling of Shah regime and ...

In pictures: Iranians mark 42nd anniversary of Islamic Revolution

42 years on, Iranians have turned out on the streets to commemorate an Islamic Revolution that put an end to decades of monarchical rule in the country. In 1979, Imam Khomeini returned from exile and under his leadership, the Shah’s government was overthrown following a massive public uprising.

Imam Khomeini marked the beginning of a whole new era for the nation

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was one of the most important uprisings in modern political history, an event which still shapes the world. After enduring decades of economic exploitation under the British, followed by a CIA and MI6 coup in 1953 to overthrow Iranian PM Mossadegh and replace him with Western-backed monarch the Shah, Iran finally stood up to Britain and the United States. Iranians took to the streets by the millions, regained its sovereignty as well control over its natural resources and dealt a heavy blow to imperialism, setting the stage for resistance and anti-imperialist movements to this day.