Qom in Silence The Islamic Seminary of Qom was experiencing a forced silence due to the aftermath of June 5, and also due to the traditional holidays of Muharram and Safar and also the coming of summer and the suppression of the movement which its...

He intended to go to the Islamic Seminary of Qom to continue his studies. He went to his father to get his permission. Sayyed Ali Khamenei had consulted with seminarians who had come to Mashhad for the ziyarah of Imam al-Ridha, peace be upon him; he had...

The lineage of Ayatollah Sayyed Hoseyn Khamenei goes back to the Afsati family who are sayyeds. His ancestor is Soltan al-Olama Ahmad, known as Soltan Sayyed Ahmad, whose ancestry goes back to Imam Zayn al-Abidin Ali ibn Husayn (‎peace be upon him)....

Alongside his Arabic studies at the seminary, he also registered for high school to complete his secondary education. His father was against his children studying in the new educational system. At that time, Dar al-Ta’lim Dianati elementary school...

Preliminary Studies   Sayyed Ali started his seminary studies from grade five in Dar al-Ta’lim Dianati School. Mr. Ahmadi, one of the teachers of the school who was a clergyman himself, suggested teaching the book “Jami’...

The political figure of Imam Khomeyni was first shown in the year 1962; it was the year when the government of Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi approved the State and Provincial Association Bill. Sayyed Khamenei was among the first who joined Imam Khomeyni with...

A Message for Ayatollah Milani After the bloody incident at Feyziyeh Seminary on March 22nd, 1963, before Muharram, Imam Khomeyni “sent letters to the scholars of different cities and invited them to participate in the uprising against...

The First Meeting It was around the years 1955-1956 when he became familiar with the name “Imam Khomeyni.” There was a group of seminarians from Qom in Mashhad whom Sayyed Ali knew them. Sayyed Mostafa Khomeyni who would go to Mashhad...

Ali was just entering his third year of life when the Soviet Union conquered Mashhad. In the last month of summer 1941, the Iranian society was undergoing an unprecedented contradiction; on the one hand, they were happy due to the fall of Reza Shah and...