Imam Khomeini’s Approach to Political Struggle

The focus of this paper is analysis of methods used by Imam Khomeini in his struggles until the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The main question of this paper is: What was Imam Khomeini’s approach to violence and nonviolence in his political struggles against the Shah’s regime?

Part of Imam's speech about the usurping Israeli regime

Victory or defeat

Victory or defeat

Iran says powerful military response forced Israel to halt aggression unilaterally

Iran pounds US military base in Qatar in retaliatory operation

In a statement following the successful retaliatory operation codenamed 'Tidings of Victory', Iranian armed forces said it came in response to the “blatant military aggression by the criminal regime of the United States” against the nuclear facilities of the Islamic Republic.

Imam Khomeini: The great victory is that you win over your self and defeat Satan.

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. v 16. P 69

Imam Khomeini addressed the entire world, not just Iranians

It was all of humanity and not just the Iranian nation that was addressed in Imam Khomeini’s political statements and ideas