After the martyrdom of Ayatollah Khamenei, I cannot imagine what will happen after him, perhaps like the Muslims after Imam Hussein, who could not imagine what would happen after the grandson of the Prophet was killed by others who also called themselves Muslims. But based on what I am living today among my society, among…
My name is Dr. Ehsan Sharif. I am a faculty member at Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran, as well as at King’s College London. I have been in the UK since I was four years old and lived there for about 23 years, mostly in Manchester and later in London. I came back…
There is a lot to say about Ayatollah Khamenei. It is well beyond me and multiple dimensions that Ayatollah Khamenei had that I cannot even reach to discuss or even describe. But from my limited and distant perspective, and from someone who has lived in the West and has lived some years in Iran, I…
Our Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, had a multi-dimensional character and personality. Although he was a religious scholar, he was also an expert in political, social, and cultural matters. Iranians know he was one of the most supportive figures in the country regarding Persian literature. Every year he held many meetings with poets and scientists. He…
The legacy of a national leader is often judged by their political strategy, institutional development, and ideological continuity. In the case of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, his impact goes beyond normal politics into science, resistance, culture, and national identity. His leadership brought together scholarly vision, strategic insight, and cultural depth — qualities that together redefined…
“In the name of Seyyed Ali, may this eternal path endure.” The funeral of the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran is not merely the farewell of a political figure; it is the farewell to an ideology that, for more than three decades, shaped the equations of Iran and influenced a significant part of…
A Scholarly Reflection on Leadership, Independence, and Civilizational Vision I spent nearly a decade of my academic life studying and conducting research in the West before returning to Iran to teach. That dual exposure has given me a comparative lens that I believe is worth sharing with an international audience. What follows is not an…
Scientific advancement is the foundation upon which nations build their strength and resilience, and this principle has been a central theme in the teachings of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. He consistently emphasized that elites must guide the nation toward profound scientific progress, for a country can only remain resistant and strong when knowledge and science…
The funeral of Ayatollah Khamenei will take place in a few days, and I am sure it will be widely broadcast. In Iranian and Islamic culture, funeral ceremonies have always held deep emotional and spiritual significance. Saying farewell to a relative who has passed away due to illness is one thing; but when a leader…
In history, we have read that Iranians embraced Islam at the hands of a faction of the Muslim army, and experienced Islam under a government that officially cursed and vilified Ali ibn Abi Talib on pulpits and in official assemblies, portraying him as an anti-hero in the narrative of Islamic history. Despite this image-making by…
