On the occasion of birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad al-Baghir

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Imam Khomeini: Now the plot is to separated you from one another. the clergy, the university ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 8, P 403

Need for awareness and wakefulness among the students

Imam Khomeini: These two groups constitute the thinkers of society; that is, the clergy, the ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 8, P 402

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 always abided by rule of law

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam Khomeini

Imam Khomeini: You who publish magazines could be of service. By means of your articles.

Sahifeh- ye- Imam, V 8, P 432