The History of the Islamic Revolution
Guadeloupe; A Conference meant to Save Pahlavi II (2)
Since this conference was confidential and unofficial, the results also remained somewhat confidential, and only contradictory news reached the media. Dr. Sadeq Tabatabaie, who was one of Imam Khomeini’s revolutionary companions, has said in this...
Guadeloupe; A Conference meant to Save Pahlavi II (1)
The Guadeloupe Conference was a gathering held between four Western governments in Guadeloupe, a small island situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. It is considered part of French territory. The governments of...
How the Pahlavi Regime Tortured its Opponents (2)
Marzieh Hadidchi, who was imprisoned by SAVAK, describes her experience of being tortured with this device as follows, “...They placed me on a metal chair and put an iron helmet, which was connected to wires, on my head. Then, they tied my hands...
How the Pahlavi Regime Tortured its Opponents (1)
Torture, in its simplest definition, refers to inflicting physical or mental pain on someone in order to force them to do something. It is one of the methods used by individuals or governments to achieve their goals. The torturing of prisoners,...
Demonstrations; the Strongest Communication Tool of the Struggles during the Islamic Revolution of Iran
The more significant a historical event is, the more glorious its commemoration will be. February 11, 1979, was the day when the Islamic Revolution of Iran, one of the greatest revolutions in history, attained victory. Regarding it, Imam Khomeini, the...
Revival and Abolition of Consular Jurisdiction in Iran
After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, capitulation rights and privileges, and their attachments, were permanently and definitively abolished on May 13, 1979. This was done based on the proposal of the Council of Ministers and the approval of the...
Tabriz
Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, is one of the cities which has been engaged in great events throughout history. Tourazh, Tavriz, and Daverizh are some of the names that have been attributed to this city in historical resources. Tabriz...
Pishva, Varamin
In the southeast of Tehran, near the city of Varamin and among the low hills of the southern foot of the Alborz Mountains, there is a small town with a population of more than 30,000 people, which historically had been called “Emamzadeh...
Sayyed Mortaza Pasandideh
Ayatollah Sayyed Mortaza Pasandideh is the elder brother of Imam Khomeini (ra). He was born in Khomein in 1895. Sayyed Mortaza was the third child of Sayyed Mostafa’s family, and after him, two sons and a daughter were born. He was...
Bahman 29, 1356 Solar Hijri
Two days after the publication of the article “Iran and the Red and Black Colonialism” in the “Etela’at” newspaper and insulting Imam Khomeini (ra), on January 9, 1978, people and seminary students held demonstrations in...
Dey 26, 1357 Solar Hijri
“The Shah is gone” was the main headline that appeared on the front cover of the Iranian newspapers on 16 January 1979 (Dey 26, 1357 Solar Hijri). Following the resignation of Army General Gholamreza Azhari (head of the military government)...
Carpet Shop
Three weeks after my freedom, Haj Yousef Rashidi –one of INP pals of mine- called me and said: “Ahmad! You should not stay at home. You should work. I have a shop near to Emamzadeh Ma’soum at Qapan Siding. Go and sit there.” I...
Bahman 22, 1357 Solar Hijri
February 11, 1979 (Bahman 22, 1357 Solar Hijri), is the day of the end and beginning of two governments in Iran. The end of the monarchical rule and the beginning of the revolutionary one of which people voted in favour and was called the Islamic...
Bahman
The word Bahman has several usages, the most famous of which is that it is the name of the eleventh month of the solar year and also the name of a plant that flowers in this month. In ancient times, Iranians used to eat that flower with sugar and sweets...
Behesht-e Zahra
Behesht-e Zahra is the largest cemetery in Iran located in the southern part of Tehran. When the first person was buried in Behesht-e Zahra on July 25, 1970, the activity of this cemetery started. Behesht-e Zahra, both before and after the Islamic...
The Mostazafan Foundation
In late 1978, i.e., before the victory of the Islamic Revolution and afterwards, many members of the Pahlavi dynasty, big capitalists and those affiliated with the Shah’s regime, fled from Iran. They took their wealth out of the country as much as...
The Foundation of Martyrs and Disabled Veterans Affairs
The Foundation of Martyrs and Disabled Veterans Affairs is one of the institutions that was established after the Islamic Revolution. On March 15, 1980, Imam Khomeini (ra), in a letter to Hujjat al-Islam Mahdi Karroubi, commissioned him to create an...
Biāthat (Journal)
After the uprising of June 5, 1963, when Imam Khomeini (ra) was arrested and imprisoned, a group of Qom seminarians decided to publish a journal, which they named Bi’that, to expose the political situation of that time and the autocratic rule of...
Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad-Hoseyn Boroujerdi
Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad-Hoseyn Tabatabai-Boroujerdi one of the greatest marja’ (source of emulation) of his time, was born in Boroujerd in 1875. After finishing his preliminary studies in Boroujerd, he went to the Islamic Seminary of Esfahan in...
Mohammad Bokharaei
Mohammad Bokharaei was born in 1944 in a neighbourhood near Shoush Square in Tehran. After finishing elementary school, he went to Farrokhi High School in the same neighbourhood in the south of the city. Mohammad showed his inclination for political...