Why did Imam Khomeini used to seek higher turn out in elections?

Protesters in US cities urge Israel to end bloodshed in Palestine

Human rights from Islamic perspective

Imam Khomeini marked the beginning of a whole new era for the nation

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was one of the most important uprisings in modern political history, an event which still shapes the world. After enduring decades of economic exploitation under the British, followed by a CIA and MI6 coup in 1953 to overthrow Iranian PM Mossadegh and replace him with Western-backed monarch the Shah, Iran finally stood up to Britain and the United States. Iranians took to the streets by the millions, regained its sovereignty as well control over its natural resources and dealt a heavy blow to imperialism, setting the stage for resistance and anti-imperialist movements to this day.

The parliament speaker and lawmakers pledge to pursue Imam Khomeini’s ideals

Iranian vaccine prioritized as Western types come under cloud of suspicion

More and more people are volunteering for Iran’s domestic vaccine for COVID-19 after Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei disallowed imports of Western vaccines over side effect concerns.

General Soleimani's daughter hails father as charismatic, conqueror of hearts

Nasrallah says US, Israel, Saudi Arabia culprits in assassinating Iran’s General Soleimani

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, says Saudi Arabia is hand in gloves with the US regime of President Donald Trump and Israel in the assassination of Iran’s top commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and their companions, noting that the trio seek to kill other commanders of the resistance front.