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In remembrance of Imam Khomeini

What comes following is a speech and a piece of writing delivered by a Nigerian scholar and originally published in Tehran times in month of June, which coincided with passing anniversary of Imam Khomeini.

The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.

FM Zarif says Iran to put up spirited resistance in face of US pressures

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the Islamic Republic will continue to put up spirited resistance in the face of the United States’ “maximum pressure” campaign, just as it persevered during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.

Imam Khomeini's ancestral House in Khomein

Imam Khomeini’s father-house which is located by the northern bank of the Khomein River is in the old part of the city. This house is very famous and is being visited by many tourists.

Rouhullah Khomeini never stopped praying until last breath

The historic photos at hospital show that Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic had great devotion for praying and reciting Quran and supplication

Imam Khomeini encouraged democratic norms, boosted role of parliament

Popular vote and the elections was widely accepted and accepted as vital norm and was institutionalized in the structure of the Islamic system following the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Sheikh Zakzaky Day marked at International Quranic Exhibition in Tehran

An event is held at the ongoing international Quranic Exhibition in Tehran to hail services rendered by Sheikh Zakzaky for the Islamic Movement in Nigeria.