An in-depth approach to Imam's historic letter to Gorbachev

A historic letter by Imam Khomeini to the last Soviet Union head Gorbachev included a prediction about the end of Marxism and the collapse of communism. Imam Khomeini stated: "Mr. Gorbachev! It is clear to everybody that from now on communism will only have to be found in the museums of world political history, for Marxism cannot meet any of the real needs of mankind.”

Imam Khomeini's historic letter to Mikhail Gorbachev created ripples across globe

The letter Imam Khomeini wrote to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, which created ripples across the world, it was an unprecedented move. The letter was an open invitation to Gorbachev to break the manacles of man-made ideologies and the so-called liberal school of thought of the West.

Iran marks the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s message to Mikhail Gorbachev

Imam Khomeini tried to warn the Soviet president against following the destructive path of Western liberal capitalism. The pro-Western path chosen after the collapse of the USSR turned out to be catastrophic for Russia and many of neighboring ex-Soviet republics.

Imam’s famous lectures laid out his ideas on Islamic governance

Obedience to God gives ample pleasure, Imam Khomeini explained

Imam Khomeini through his works have emphasized that the believers and faithful people will also notice that obedience to God the Almighty gives ample pleasure.

Imam Khomeini accomplished prominent religious standing, became politically active in 1960s

Imam Khomeini who had attained a prominent religious standing by the age of 60 first became politically active in 1962

Imam Khomeini from very beginning firmly believed in political activism by clerics.

Although during this scholarly phase of his life Imam Khomeini was not politically active, the nature of his studies, teachings, and writings revealed that he firmly believed from the beginning in political activism by clerics.

Imam Khomeini represented his religious-political ideas openly

Imam was the first Iranian cleric to try to refute the outspoken advocacy of secularism in the 1940s.