Political memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Khamenei unveiled



1 June 2013

Political Memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Khamenei was unveiled during the 17th Conference held to mark Mula Sadra.

IBNA: On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, a conference was held to praise Mula Sadra in the presence of Ruhollah Husseinian, member of the Islamic Assembly and head of the Islamic Revolution Document Center, at Adineh Cultural Complex.

Addressing the audience at the conference, Hujatoleslam Husseinian delivered a speech about the political memories of Ayatollah Mohammad Khamenei, saying that the Islamic Revolution Document Center has published the work which is based on 120 hours of interviews with Ayatollah Khamenei about his political activities.

As he said, the interviews were taken by Javad Kamvar Bakhshayesh and Javad Arabani.

He further added that one of the greatest features of the book is that Ayatollah Khamenei was directly in contact with the Islamic Revolution events and felt them with his own eyes and ears.

The book was presented for the first time at the 26th Tehran International Book Fair and sparked a lot of interest among the exhibit’s visitors.



 
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