Imam Khomeini Championed Cause of the Oppressed: Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Khamenei made the statement on Thursday in an address to the gathering of mourners at Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum in southern Tehran.
It was held on the 26th anniversary of the decease of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini.
The Supreme Leader added that Imam Khomeini championed the cause of the oppressed.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the late Imam 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 Supreme Leader said.
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 ISIL 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.
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 8
