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Organizers of the Ceremony Marking the 18th Departure Anniversary of Imam Khomeini Meet the Leader

Leader Visits Sayyid Abdul Aziz al-Hakim in the Hospital

Leader Visits Defense Ministry's "Manifestations of Self-Reliance and Defensive Power" Exhibition

Is the IRGC a mere military organization?

What is the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps? Is it just a military organization? No, the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps is the symbol of revolutionary and courageous resistance. Never forget this. Do not think that the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps is just a military organization. Therefore, people cannot detach themselves from the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps by arguing, "The Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps is a military organization and we are not members of the military." No, the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps is beyond a military organization. The Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps is an organization for resistance and selfless struggle. It is an organization that aims to achieve the same goals for which you are studying in our universities. It grew in the fertile ground that the Islamic Revolution provided, in the arena of selfless struggle. This is the essence of the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps.

Leader Receives Thousands of Basiji Students

Leader’s Speech to Basiji Students

Leader’s Message of Condolence on the Demise of Fakhroddin Hejazi

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei on May 20, 2007 issued a message of condolence on the demise of the prominent orator Fakhroddin Hejazi. In his message, the Leader condoled with the esteemed family and progeny of the deceased. The text of the Leader's message is as follows: ...

Esteemed Families of Martyrs and Former POWs and War-Disabled Veterans Meet the Leader

Leader Returns to Tehran

Ulama and Scholars and Theology Students Call on the Leader

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.