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.”

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

Imam would fast in the month of Ramadhan in the 50 degree temperatures of Najaf

Hujjatal Islam Syed Hameed Rouhani

The visit to mosque, which dates to the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Mohammed PBUH

Divine light of Imam Khomeini's memory and ideals

The great men are ones who host and change the history at sensitive juncture and the occasional uproar or any unbalanced impressions don’t reduce the lasting influence and brilliant impact of such beacons of guidance.

Imam paid all seminary students equal stipend regardless of their nationalities and ethnicities.

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini

Strong leadership of Imam Khomeini led to collapse of Shah regime, victory of Islamic Revolution

The strong leadership of Imam Khomeini in February 1979, which led to the collapse of the former monarchical regime and establishment of the Islamic Republic system.

24 September 1978 reminds us of Imam’s migration from the holy city of Najaf to ...