Millions of Iranian students begin new school year

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visited a school in the capital Tehran on Monday morning and rang the bell to symbolically mark the beginning of a new school year that would see more than 14.4 million pupils and students reach higher grades in their education.

What are main obstacles on the way to understanding Quranic interpretation from Imam’s views?

One of the obstacles towards understand the Quran is to induct the idea that in order to understand the Quran, one has to be a commentator of the Quran while taking moral, ethical and mystic benefit from the Quranic verses is nothing to do with tafseer (interpretation) and hence ordinary people should also be encouraged to pay attention to the ethical and moral aspects of the stories mentioned in the Quran.

Imam encouraged seminary students to undertake series discussions at lessons

Extracted from a collection of memoirs

He had established a good rapport with his pupils

Imam's locution was surprisingly unique so that everybody felt safe and secure in his classes.

Imam Khomeini advised pupils not to accept without argumentation

Imam Khomeini’s pupils and colleagues have recalled that Imam warmly welcomed and discussed any disagreement in the class.

Iran's Minister of Culture visits Imam Khomeini's historic residence in holy city of Najaf

Imam Khomeini stressed need for self- reform, spiritual freedoms,

Imam Khomeini and some of his pupils such as Martyr Motahhari considered freedom to be vital and necessary for all live creatures in order to facilitate proper growth and perfection.

Imam Khomeini used to embellish himself in front of mirror

Friends and pupils of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic say that he used to attach great significance to punctuality, discipline and cleanliness.