Iran marks return anniversary of soldiers captive in Saddam’s prisons

The 26th of Mordad in the Iranian calendar, which falls on August 17, marks the return anniversary of Iranian soldiers who were held captive by the regime of Western-backed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during the 1980s war on Iran.

Imam Khomeini: Let the world know that Iran today is not like the superpowers and the corrupt ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 14, P 216

Imam Khomeini: The man who changed my world and of many others

The world today superpowers.

We must uphold justice

Imam Khomeini: Our nation must be vigilant of the stratagems of the superpowers that hatch a plot ...

Sahifeh-ye-Imam. V 20, P 234

The sway of imperialism from kindergarten to university

Imam called on Gorbachev to study Islam earnestly

After mentioning these problems and preliminary points, let me call on you to study Islam earnestly, not because Islam and the Muslims may need you but because Islam has exalted universal values which can bring comfort and salvation to all nations and remove the basic problems of mankind, Imam Khomeini wrote in a historic letter to former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev.