Rereading the roots of Islamic Revolution
27 October 2012
On occasion of 50th anniversary of Imam Khomeini Movement
The first session of 'Rereading the Roots of Islamic Revolution' on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Imam Khomeini Movement will be held tomorrow at the National Library.
IBNA: According to the database of Jamaran Institute for Organization and Publication of Imam Khomeini Works, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the conception of Imam Khomeini Movement, director of Iran and Islam Studies of the National Library and Archives of Iran said: "The first session will be held on Saturday, October 20, with the presence of Dr Mohammad-Hassan Rajabi historian and researcher of contemporary history of Iran and Eshaq Salahi director of the National Library."
Mohammad-Javad Moradi-nia added: "The session will held at 10 a.m. with the speech of Dr Mohammad-Hassan Rajabi on the causes and processes of clergymen and monarchy encounter in 1963."
He went on to say that on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Imam Khomeini's resistance movement, monthly sessions will be held at this center on the roots and causes of the Islamic Revolution until November 2013.
These sessions will be held in order to make a thorough survey and rereading of the history of Islamic Revolution, and events and incidents that led to the resistance of clergymen against the monarchy during the Pahlavi reign in the 1960's, he added.
Moradi-nia also remarked that the Pahlavi reforming measures, opposition of the clergymen against the new regulations and the resignation of the government, the White Revolution and the reasons for oppositions, and the role of foreign powers in directing and policy makings of Pahlavi regime are some of the main topics to be discussed during these sessions.
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