Details of Secretary of Imam Khomeini’s Commemoration Committee’s Press Conference

Mohammad Ali Ansari’s Press Conference

Imam’s demise anniversary should be the symbol of fulfillment of his dream of unity. Imam’s commemoration ceremony isn’t a ceremony for a group or movement to show their power but it’s a symbol of unity of all those who are faithful to Imam and his thoughts.

Sayyid Hassan Khomeini: All together” was Imam’s motto

Imam never relied on superstitions

''All of Imam’s behaviors were based on human rationality and he never relied on superstition and irrational issues in his personal, political and social decisions.''

Sayyid Ahmad’s political thoughts

In any society based on situations and conditions, thoughts and ideas are developed, and if these thoughts become stable and active they could change to rules for the officials. After the victory of the Islamic revolution various thought were developed and one of them was Sayyid Ahmad’s thoughts. Through this article first we’ll discuss Sayyid Ahmad’s role in preserving the historical heritage of the revolution and Imam, then we’ll talk about his political thoughts as the most important principle in a ruling system based on Islamic principles. The important features in his political thoughts were people, freedom of thought and accepting criticism. He was among the first preachers of freedom of thought after the revolution.

Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister:

Imam Khomeini was the great harbinger of Islamic Unity

Imam Khomeini stressed on pure Islam from the beginning and so a unity was made among the Islamic system so we without relying on the West or the East the Islamic system could be established. Imam Khomeini instead of paying attention to the differences, payed attention to fate, piety and Jihad.

Hojatoleslam Taskhiri:

Before Imam, Islamic unity was mostly a theoretical discussion

At the time which the Islamic world was looking for unity among its children, they didn’t have the necessary instruments, but Imam Khomeini by founding the great government of the Islamic republic, paved the path for other Muslims.”

Iran-Russia relations

From Imam Khomeini’s letter to the collapse of the Soviet Union

When Mikhail Gorbachev, Head of state of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, received Imam Khomeini’s letter from the Imam’s chosen delegation party, he turned to them and said: “Although the people of the Soviet Union and Iran are followers of different schools of thought, this does not prevent us from cooperating with each other based on our common principles and traditions.” On January the 4th 1989, when Eduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet foreign minister, traveled to Iran after his visit to Iraq and delivered Gorbachev’s official response to Imam Khomeini, he was also instructed to talk about bilateral relations.

The Imam Khomeini mosque

‘The Imam Khomeini mosque’ in South Turkmenistan

The Imam Khomeini mosque was built fourteen years ago in south Turkmenistan. It was a present offered by the Islamic Republic of Iran and was a symbol of friendship between the two countries. Today, this mosque has become a center of gatherings and ceremonies for the people living close to the area the mosque is situated in.

Change of Flags

The changing of the flags of the two holy shrines at Karbala

The red flags of these two holy shrines were changed yesterday as a symbol of the start of the month of Muharram and mourning. Thousands of people witnessed this event, which declared the commencement of the grief of the Shi’a for the loss of the master of martyrs, Imam Hussein (as) and his honourable household, and the difficulties they endured for the sake of Islam.