“Look at Ayatollah Khomeini's revolution and the slogans that they used: anti-imperialism; anti-colonialism; the struggle of the have-nots against the haves; the state monopoly over economy, which was very much patterned after the Soviet Union. All of these things did not come out of Islam. Islam is not that developed.” LooksStatesUsedStruggleEconomyRevolutionUnionsIslamSovietColonialismSoviet UnionImperialismMonopolySlogansKhomeini Author:Azar Nafisi
“Those who regarded the revolution, during Imam Khomeini's time, as a deviation, are now [wielding] the tools of terror and oppression” RevolutionToolsTerrorOppressionDeviationKhomeini Author:Mohammad Khatami
“Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.” StillsCountryStatesSeemsHappensLeaderRevolutionPreparedDebateWarriorAppealsIslamicIranThinkerFundamentalismEmulateMajesticIslamic StateKhomeini Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience.” CryRevolutionConscienceIslamicIranKhomeiniIslamic Revolution Author:Ruhollah Khomeini
“If you look at the discourse before the revolution, whether it is the left communist, whether it is the right secularist...the entirety of this discourse was such that it encouraged the kind of ascendancy for a man like Ayatollah Khomeini.” IfsMenLooksKindLeftRevolutionCommunistDiscourseEntiretyAscendancyKhomeini Author:Akbar Ganji