On June 4, millions of people gathered at the shrine of Imam
Khomeini marking the 26’th anniversary of the decease of the later founder of
the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Seyyed Rouhollah Khomeini. During the memorial,
the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei addressed the gathering of the
mourners at the shrine.
A large number of people and officials have converged at Imam
Khomeini’s mausoleum in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to mark the passing away
of the late founder of the Islamic Republic.
Imam Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini,
also delivered a speech during the ceremony.
Ayatollah Khamenei
said Imam Khomeini favored and emphasized the participation of people in
different areas, including in military, political, and economic issues.
Imam Khomeini had
real belief in the people, and respected people’s viewpoints even if he
disagreed with them, the Leader said.
“Imam was openly
opposed to world bullies,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, adding that the late
founder of the Islamic Republic championed the cause of the oppressed.
Elsewhere in his
remarks, the Leader referred to police brutality in the US and said Iran
opposes the violence perpetrated by US police just as the Islamic Republic
opposes the acts of violence committed by the Takfiri ISIS group.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Iran also opposes the Saudi military
strikes against Yemen in the same way the Islamic Republic opposes the Israeli
attacks against Gaza.
The Leader also
emphasized that the issue of Palestine will never be off Iran’s agenda.
The Leader warned
against the divisive polices of certain entities, including the Takfiri groups
in Iraq and Syria, against Shia and Sunni Muslims, calling on Muslims not to
fall victim to such plots.
It has been reported
that nearly 1,000 guests from various countries were attending the mourning
ceremony. Four hundred of the foreign attendees were scholars and researchers,
who have been conducting studies on the thoughts and life of Imam Khomeini.
Every year, millions
of Iranians from across the country travel to Tehran to pay homage to the late
founder of the Islamic Republic.
Rouhollah Mousavi
Khomeini, better known as Imam Khomeini, was born in the central Iranian city
of Khomein on September 24, 1902 to a family of scholars.
He led Iran’s 1979
Islamic Revolution, which culminated in the overthrow of the US-backed Mohammad
Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy. Pahlavi was Iran’s last monarch.
Imam Khomeini passed
away on June 4, 1989 at the age of 87.
