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There was no freedom of expression during the Pahlavi era

The taghuti regime could not tolerate clerics and students holding meetings particularly these warm meetings where many people were present. And the subject of these meetings was about religion. Of course, there were never meetings like the ones that have been held since the victory of the Islamic Revolution. However compared to the meetings which were held in those times, no meeting was like the ones that were held in Keramat Mosque and Imam Hassan Mujtaba (a.s.) Mosque - in those meetings, I taught Quranic Tafsir - in terms of harmony and the number of participants.

Leader's Speech at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Members of Staff of Ferdowsi University Meet the Leader

Students of Ferdowsi University Meet the Leader

Leader's Speech in Meeting with Academics of Khorasan Province

Leader Arrives in Mashhad

Members of the Association of Student Islamic societies Call on the Leader

Tajik President Meets the Leader

Leader Visits Ayatollah Fazel-Lankarani in the Hospital

Leader Appoints New Members of the High Council of Cultural Revolution

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a decree issued on May 5, 2007 appointed new members of the High Council of Cultural Revolution (HCCR) for a three-year term. The text of the Leader's decree is as follows: ...

Leader Visits the 20th Tehran International Book Fair

Leader Receives Thousands of Teachers from Across the Country

SCFR Members Meet the Leader

Iranian Workers Call on the Leader

Leader's Message on the Commencement of the 3rd Term of Islamic Urban and Rural Councils

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on April 28, 2007 issued a message on the commencement of the third term of Islamic urban and rural councils. In his message, the Leader described councils as another symbol of the Iranian people's administering their country. He also praised the epical public turnout at the third elections for Islamic urban and rural councils. The text of the Leader's message is as follows: ...

Leader Receives Army Commanders

Leader Donates Funds for the Housing of the Underprivileged

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei donated funds for the housing of the underprivileged on April 10, 2007.

Enemies Attitude toward the Sunni Hamas is the same as Shia Hezbullah

Islam and the Islamic awakening pose a threat, but only to arrogant powers. Wherever they notice this threat, they make it the target of their attacks. It does not matter to them whether this threat emanates from the Shia or from the Sunni. The arrogant powers' attitude and behavior toward the Palestinian Hamas is the same as their attitude and behavior toward the Lebanese Hezbollah; the first is Sunni and the second is Shia. The attitude of the global arrogance toward faithful and committed Muslims living in any part of the world is the same, and it does not make any difference to arrogant powers whether those Muslims are Shia or Sunni. Now is it wise for Muslims to engage in tribal or ethnic or sectarian disputes and waste their energy and forget that their common enemy is seeking to destroy them all?

Islam is the religion of kindness

The main target of the arrogant powers is Islam. They are seeking to subvert this religion. There exists no difference to them between the Shia and the Sunni. They feel threatened by any nation or community or any individual that firmly adheres to Islam. They are justified in feeling threatened, since Islam indeed does pose a threat to the domineering goals and hegemonic objectives of the arrogant powers. However, Islam poses no threat whatsoever to non-Muslim nations. The arrogant powers are insinuating the opposite in their negative propaganda. By using artistic and political means and through their media they are insinuating that Islam is hostile to other nations and to other religions. This is not true. Islam is not antagonistic toward other religions. When Islam dominated non-Muslim regions, the followers of other religions were grateful to Muslims for their Islamic mercy. They told Muslim rulers that they treated them more kindly than those who ruled them prior to Muslims. When Muslims conquered Syria, they showed kindness toward the Jewish and Christian residents of the region. Islam is the religion of kindness. It is the religion of mercy. It is a blessing for the entire humanity. Islam tells Christianity that "come to an equitable agreement between us and you" (The Holy Qur'an, 3: 64). It stresses the commonalities that they share. Islam is not hostile to other nations or to other religions. Islam is opposed to compulsion, oppression, arrogance and domination. Those seeking predominance over nations and the oppressors and arrogant powers are trying to portray the opposite of this reality to the world by utilizing all their resources, from Hollywood and propaganda means to arms and weapons and military forces.

Leader’s Address to the Officials and Executives of the Islamic Republic

The following is the abridged text of an address made by the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei in a meeting with government officials and executives on April 6, 2007. The meeting, which was convened on the auspicious birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him and his household) and Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad as-Sadeq (greetings be upon him), was also attended by the ambassadors of Islamic countries posted to Tehran.

Leader Receives Officials and Executives of the Islamic Republic

Leader Grants Request for Pardoning or Commuting the Sentences of 1535 Convicts

On the eve of the auspicious birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him and his household) and Imam Ja'far-ibn-Muhammad as-Sadeq (greetings be upon him), the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei granted a request for the pardoning or commuting the sentences of 1535 convicts on April 5, 2007.

Leader’s Speech at Imam Reza’s (a.s.) Shrine

The Pahlavi regime was never condemned for violating human rights or democracy

During the time of taghut - Pahlavi regime - Iran was under the complete control of the Americans. Americans dominated all parts of Iran. They used to establish military bases in order to gain control of Arab countries of the Middle East and monitor their activities from these bases. Iran and Israel were allies and the worst dictators ruled over Iran. They used to torture freedom fighters in prison. Brutal suppression of the people by the taghuti regime's violent agents and the severity of their actions were noticeable throughout the country for example in your own city, Mashhad, and in Tehran and many other cities. They plundered our oil. They lost our national wealth and public funds to foreign rulers. They did not allow the Iranian nation to participate in global competition to make progress in scientific and industrial arenas. They utterly humiliated the Iranian nation. That regime in Iran was the closest ally of the U.S. in the region. Therefore, the Americans fervently supported these rulers. They raised no objections to violating human rights and lack of democracy in taghuti regime of that time.

Leader’s Speech at Imam Ridha’s (a.s.) Shrine

Leader Addresses Large Gathering in Mashhad on New Year's Day

Leader's Message on the Occasion of the Iranian New Year

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on March 21, 2007 issued a message on the occasion of the Iranian New Year. The text of the Leader's message is as follows: ...

Chairman and Members of the Expediency Council Meet the Leader

Leader Attends Commemorative Ceremony

Leader Attends Mourning Ceremony