Summit ‘Reformist of the East’ held at Imam Khomeini’s shrine

An international summit has been held by at shrine of the late founder of the Islamic Republic on the 30th anniversary of Imam Khomeini's historic letter to Gorbachev, the former head of Soviet Union.

Watch Iran's launch of domestically-built satellite into space

The locally-built satellite, named Payam, was mounted with four cameras during a ceremony at Imam Khomeini Spaceport on Tuesday, Iran's Minister of Information and Communications Technology Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said.

Video: Imam Khomeini, the man who will never die

Many pundits believe that Imam Khomeini was an influential political figure who brought about a sea change to the entire world. Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini started his movement against the anti-Islamic policies of the former Shah in 1963.The movement that resulted in an unprecedented change in the 20th century.

Imam Khomeini opposed Shah’s dependence on West

The Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, had been dependent on the west throughout his rule – a source of anger among Iranian public, who had launched a struggle under leadership of Imam Khomeini against Shah and his western backers. The dependence on foreign powers had led to collapse of Shah regime.

Imam's meticulous attention was exemplary

As a prominent seminary teacher Imam had a deep knowledge of Islamic studies

Imam Khomeini asked Gorbachev to reevaluate predecessors’ policy of obliterating God and religion ...

Reevaluate your predecessors’ policy of obliterating God and religion from society. Rest assured that this is the only way whereby world problems can be dealt with realistically, Imam Khomeini said to the last leader of Soviet Union.

Did Imam Khomeini believe that Ayatollah Montazeri would be a potential successor after himself?

Serving people surpasses a position

Imam's priority was to support seminary students