{"id":12955,"date":"2018-01-31T18:18:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=12955"},"modified":"2018-01-31T18:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T18:21:34","slug":"leader-pays-tribute-to-imam-khomeini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/leader-pays-tribute-to-imam-khomeini\/","title":{"rendered":"Leader pays tribute to Imam Khomeini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MFuuj3D9kDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"item-text\">\n<p><strong>Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, at the Imam\u2019s Mausoleum in Tehran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ayatollah Khamenei visited the Imam Khomeini Mausoleum on Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary of the Imam\u2019s return to Iran from forced exile by the country\u2019s ousted monarchical Pahlavi regime in Paris in 1979.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/30fa96ec-47d7-4873-ad38-496d236f4c14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei prays at the Mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, in Tehran, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Iranians hold ten-day-long celebrations every year, starting with the anniversary of Imam Khomeini\u2019s return and culminating in the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/22842a93-f88a-4930-8c43-0a56591f3c4d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>The Leader prays next to the tombstone of the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani (portrait), who was the head of Iran\u2019s Expediency Council, at the Mausoleum of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, in Tehran, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Leader then paid his respects to the Iranian martyrs\u00a0who lost their lives in terrorist operations by the anti-Iran and anti-revolutionary Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) and Iraq\u2019s 1980-88\u00a0imposed war on the Islamic Republic as well as other martyrs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/6092a83e-1b2c-4ba8-bcc6-8a4bcf842db5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pays tribute to Iranian martyrs at Tehran\u2019s Behesht Zahra cemetery, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/c6f40eee-0b6d-4870-8f56-1f9161310b18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to Iranian martyrs at Tehran\u2019s Behesht Zahra cemetery, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/c939267b-9fbd-483c-8a38-a6780359ac4f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to Iranian martyrs at Tehran\u2019s Behesht Zahra cemetery, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/90626f7e-7981-4b70-a3ac-d799ec3d68d8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>The Leader pays tribute to Iranian martyrs at Tehran\u2019s Behesht Zahra cemetery, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also on Wednesday, President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet ministers similarly attended the mausoleum and the cemetery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/217.218.67.233\/\/photo\/20180131\/21ea8a2d-4207-49c0-a179-e2251c586546.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"313\" \/><figcaption>President Hassan Rouhani and government officials pay tribute to Imam Khomeini at the late founder of the Islamic Republic\u2019s Mausoleum in Tehran, January 31, 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Iranian chief executive renewed his allegiance with Imam Khomeini\u2019s ideals and the martyrs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, at the Imam\u2019s Mausoleum in Tehran. 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