By Ramadhan Abbey and Hamuza Kalema
Tehran
Islamic Republic of Iran
Ahlul-Bayt International University has today February 12, 2024 held the memorial lecture for Imam Khomein, forefather of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until 1989.
He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leading light of the Iranian Revolution which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and ended the Iranian monarchy.
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The memorial lecture voiced by Ayatollah Akhtari, the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) World Assembly at University main Campus Tehran, attracted different dignitaries including University management, students and others
In his Message Akhtari praised the Revolutionary Imam Khomein for leading Islamic revolt that has opened the eyes of Islamic and other developing countries.
He enunciated, before the Islamic revolution, Muslim were being discriminated, used to live in hiding and they were only one hundred million (100 million) but because of the existence of Islamic Revolution, Muslims have learnt to respect their religions, values their countries and others
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Islamic revolution has not only helped Muslims to gain confidence but has also helped in the fight against discrimination among Western Countries.
Akhtari noted that as we celebrate the Revolution of Islamic Republic of Iran, the population of Muslims has grown to over two billion in over 50 countries.
He condemned west countries for supporting Israel to destabilize middle east especially in Palestine and others that has left thousands of children, women lose their lives
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Because of the good ideology and philosophy of Khomein Iran has been under sanctions for the last 45 years but it has developed in different sectors including medical sciences, technology, innovation and education which have driven the economy to where it is now.
He called upon students to study all the skills, learn new modern technology and use it to develop their Countries.
History
.Yesterday February, 11 thousands of Iranians storms streets of Tehran and other 1,400 cities and towns across the country to mark the 45th anniversary of the Islamic revolution
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The Iranian Revolution was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
The revolution also led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza
The ousting of Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, formally marked the end of Iran’s historical monarch.
After the 1953 Iranian Coup de tat, Pahlavi aligned Iran with the Western Bloc and cultivated a close relationship with the United States to consolidate his power as an authoritarian ruler, Relying heavily on American support amidst the Cold War, he remained the Shah of Iran for 26 years after the coup, effectively keeping the country from swaying towards the influence of the Eastern Bloc and the Soviet Union.
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Beginning in 1963, Pahlavi implemented a number of reforms aimed at modernizing Iranian society, in what is known as the White Revolution
In light of his continued vocal opposition to the modernization campaign after being arrested twice, Khomeini was exiled from Iran in 1964
However, as major ideological tensions persisted between Pahlavi and Khomeini, anti-government demonstrations began in October 1977, eventually developing into a campaign of civil resistance that included elements of secularism and Islamism.
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In August 1978, the deaths of between 377 and 470 people in the Cinema Rex Fire claimed by the opposition as having been orchestrated by Pahlavi’s Savak came to serve as a catalyst for a popular revolutionary movement across all of Iran and large-scale strikes and demonstrations paralyzed the entire country for the remainder of that year.
On 16 January 1979, Pahlavi left the country and went into exile as the last Iranian monarch, leaving behind his duties to Iran’s Regency Council and Shapour Bakhtiar , the opposition-based Iranian prime minister
On 1 February 1979,Khomein returned to Iran, following an invitation by the government, several thousand Iranians gathered to greet him as he landed in the capital city of Tehran .
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Ayatollah Khomeini emerged as the Supreme leader of Iran
11 February 1979, the monarchy was officially brought down and Khomeini assumed leadership over Iran while guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed Pahlavi loyalists in armed combat.
Following the March 1979 Islamic Republic Referendum, in which 98% of Iranian voters approved the country’s shift to an Islamic Republic, the new government began efforts to draft the present-day Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran.
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