“God made the Ka’ba the Sacred House for the arising of the Muslim People…”

…One of the major philosophies of the Hajj is in its political dimension… In addition to its politics, political dimension is in and of itself a form of devotion… …Islam was isolated in the mosques. They isolated Islam in the name of Islam in the four walls of a static mosque. The Masjid al-Haram and mosques at the time of the Holy Prophet of Islam were the centers of wars, centers of politics and centers for the discussion of socio-political affairs…

Why photographers were no longer willing to take Imam Khomeini’s photos?

It has been recalled through a series of memoirs that no photographer was ready to make Imam Khomeini’s pictures during his stay in exile in holy city of Najaf.

Representation of revolutionary circumstances in revolutionary songs and hymns (Study includes ...

The goal of this research work is to explain and bring out the tale in political songs that were made in the years before Iran’s revolution about the revolutionary condition in the Iranian society in those years. Hence the most important question of this research work is asked in the following way: the political songs of Iran’s revolution propose what kind of an image or tale regarding the revolutionary condition?

Shah regime failed to limit Imam Khomeini's political activities

In 1978 and while Islamic movement of Iranian people led by Imam Khomeini had reached its culmination, the Shah’s regime, disappointed at compromising with Imam Khomeini, tried some political measures to limit his activities or deport him from Iraq.

Leader says Hajj demonstrates power of Islamic Ummah

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the annual Hajj pilgrimage demonstrates the power of the Islamic Ummah and boosts contacts among Muslims.

Rouhani slams the US’s withdrawal from the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal

President Rouhani says US sanctions amount to economic terrorism

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says "unilateral and illegitimate" sanctions imposed by the United States against the Islamic Republic are tantamount to "economic terrorism" and are in violation of world nations’ right to progress.

President Rouhani says Iran ready to confront US, 'small mercenary states'

President Hassan Rouhani made remarks in Tehran Sunday before leaving for New York to attend the UN General Assembly came a day after terrorists attacked a military parade in Ahvaz in southwest Iran, killing 25 people.