Introducing Imam Khomeini’s Character and his Thought to the Tajik Youth

A Tajik scholar has gathered Imam Khomeini’s political and cultural thoughts in a book in Cyrillic.

Sudanese Culture and Information Minister

Imam Khomeini’s Ideals about Quds

Sudanese cultural minister says: "Imam Khomeini had frequently emphasized that it was incumbent on all Muslims to take solid steps to release Quds from clutches of Zionist regime."

The First Meeting of the Foreign Committee for Imam Khomeini’s Commemoration

The first meeting of the foreign committee of the central committee for Imam Khomeini’s commemoration was held by the attendance of officials at the International Affairs Department of The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini's Works.

Admirers of the Imam in Baku

The admirers of Imam Khomeini were thanked and honored in Baku

A group of political and cultural intellectuals, who are admirers of Imam Khomeini, were honored in the Azebaijan Republic. The office of the Iranian embassy’s cultural attaché in Azerbaijan hosted this event

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.

A local conference held in Gilan

The ‘Imam Khomeini’s views’ conference

Hujjat Allah Taqavi announced that a conference would be held on the 17th of December in Gilan. Taqavi is the head of this cultural and research conference, which is to do with the social, political and cultural views of Imam Khomeini.

The Imam Khomeini mosque

‘The Imam Khomeini mosque’ in South Turkmenistan

The Imam Khomeini mosque was built fourteen years ago in south Turkmenistan. It was a present offered by the Islamic Republic of Iran and was a symbol of friendship between the two countries. Today, this mosque has become a center of gatherings and ceremonies for the people living close to the area the mosque is situated in.

Muharram

Muharram and Ashura

Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (as), the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (saw) and the third Imam and leader of the Shi'a. Imam Hussein's (as) martyrdom is a sad day for all Muslims especially the Shi'a, who mourn the massacre of their "Master of Martyrs" and his family in Karbala in 61AH/680CE.