Dr. Mohammad Moghaddam, head of the international department of the institute has outlined some events being organized at the occasion of the upcoming 28th anniversary Of Imam Khomeini’s heavenly Departure.
Hojjat al-Islam Moghaddam pointed out that the foreign guests will not be invited this year for anniversary ceremony due to its coincidence with the holy month of Ramadan.
It is worthy to mention that the institute for compilation and publication of works in close coordination with other institutions invites hundreds of foreigners as guests each year to attend the spiritual event.
Elsewhere in remarks, Moghaddam, an internationally-reputed scholar however said that ambassadors and envoys of foreign nations will be present at this year’s ceremony.
He also expressed the institute readiness to compile cultural packages in order to dispatch them to the Iranian missions across various parts of the world on the occasion.
Each Year, Millions of Iranians take part in ceremonies across the nation to mourn the anniversary of the passing away of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution.
A large numbers of mourners across various parts of the country and the world converge on the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini in southern Tehran to pay their tributes.
Hundreds of foreign guests, including scholars and researchers, also attend the ceremonies.
Great Architect of Islamic Republic Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Mousavi Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, was born to a family of religious scholars in 1902 in the central Iranian city of Khomein.
Imam Khomeini contributed many years of his life to resistance against the US-backed Pahlavi dynasty, and eventually paved the way for its downfall in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
In the pre-Revolution era, Imam Khomeini spent more than 15 years in exile for his stiff opposition to the last monarch, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, mostly for his association with Western imperialists.
While in exile, the politico-religious leader, who enjoyed immense public support in the country, continued to guide the uprising against the Pahlavi regime.
He was not allowed to return to homeland during Pahlavi’s reign, and only came back home on February 1, 1979 after the monarch finally gave into angry popular demonstrations and fled the country, never to return. The Pahlavi dynasty fully collapsed 10 days later on February 11.
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