For what reason Imam Khomeini expressed his opposition to the nomination of religious ...

FM Zarif hits out at the US on Iran coup anniversary

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hit out at the US for setting up a team to coordinate its pressure campaign on Iran, saying it is yet another plot to topple the Iranian government.

Imam Khomeini highlighted need for unity among Muslims

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic would repeatedly call upon the people to be thankful to Allah for the blessing of unity

Why US continues to back remnants of Shah regime, anti-Iran terrorist groups?

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic had launched a massive struggle against Shah regime and his western backers.

Imam Khomeini denounced US' hegemonic agenda, described American officials as untrustworthy

Imam once said that the US never “refrains from committing any crime in order to gain political, economic, cultural and military dominance and hegemony”

Iran Christians to US: stop shedding crocodile tears for minorities’

Iran’s minorities have called on Washington to be concerned about its own poor human rights record at home and abroad instead of shedding “crocodile tears” for others. Iran’s Assyro-Chaldean churches also censured US officials’ “interventionist” claims about the situation of religious minorities in the Islamic Republic.

Leader says no negotiations with bullying US

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has reiterated, “The preeminent late Imam [Khomeini] had also forbidden talks with the US until this regime mends its ways and we also emphasize this point.”

Is there any recommendation by Imam about the succession after himself?