adminMalekzadeh said the centre joined hands with other Iranians world over in celebrating the life of a visionary and a liberator.
Imam Khomeini died on June 3, 1989 and this year marks 24 years after the death of the founding leader of the Islamic Republic.
Mr Malekzadeh said Imam Khomeini completely believed in democracy and participation of the people in national affairs.
“His leadership helped establish a democratic political system in Iran that has set on the country on the current developmental path. The most important thing in our country is independence. Now all the decisions are made by the people of Iran but in the past they were made by the USA and the West.
“Iran is now among the highly developed nations in the Middle East and has a strong industrial and technical base which is the envy of many developing nations,” he said.
An academic and political thinker, Imam Khomeini pointed out the dangers of the relationship of Iran and imperial forces on military, political and economic ties of Shah’s regime with America and Israel in particular. Under the Shah’s authority, he was arrested and exiled for 15 years.
According to author Hamis Ansari, the success of the revolution saw the US not only losing a “favourable geographic, economic and military position in one of the most sensitive areas of the world but the waves of this great outburst severely shook and demoralised the West affiliated regimes in the Islamic and Arab lands”.
Imam Khomeini strongly opposed apartheid in South Africa and Africa as well as the suffering of the people of Lebanon and Palestine. He managed to create a sense of self confidence amongst the oppressed.
Today Zimbabwe and Iran enjoy cordial relations and have signed a number of bilateral co-operation agreements.
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