THE SUN BEAM

How Ba’athist Iraq tore up Algiers Agreement and imposed war on Iran

Forty-five years ago, on September 17, 1980, the Ba'athist regime of Iraq tore up the 1975 Algiers Agreement, a pivotal treaty that had delineated the border with Iran along the thalweg of the strategic Arvand River and ushered in a brief period of détente between the two neighbors.

Sabra and Shatila: 43 years since the 43 hours of Israeli horror that shook the world

It began at dusk on September 16, 1982. In the southern part of Lebanon, the narrow lanes of a Palestinian refugee camp were strewn with the bullet-riddled corpses of men, women, and children.

Imam Khomeini stressed purification since the spring of youth

Imam Khomeini through his books and works stressed the need for purification of soul since the spring of youth.

Imam maintained that Muslims of each vicinity should build their own mosque

A memoirs by Ayatollah Ma'arifat

Imam Khomeini united ranks of Muslims to confront common enemies: Sheikh Zakzaky

A senior Shia Nigerian cleric says Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic countered political and factional divisions and focused on uniting the ranks of Muslims to confront common enemies.

Imam Khomeini denounced US' hegemonic agenda, described American officials as untrustworthy

Imam once said that the US never “refrains from committing any crime in order to gain political, economic, cultural and military dominance and hegemony”

Imam Khomeini's idea of unity week was to strengthen unity, avoid enemy traps

Imam Khomeini came up with the idea of the Islamic Unity Week. This was based on the strategy of the Islamic Republic to avoid enemy traps and instead strengthen unity among Muslims.