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One of the happiest days for the people of Tehran and all of Iran was the day the Shah fled. I was on the street in my Gian car when I noticed newspapers with the large headline: “The Shah is Gone”… What you are about to read is part of the memoirs of revolutionary activist Seyed Morteza Nabavi.

Edited by : Dr. Shahriar Khateri

Lady Fatima Umm ul-Banin was the noble wife of Imam Ali (A') and the mother of al-Abbas the Flag Bearer of the Imam Hussain at the battlefield of Karbala. The meaning of 'Ummul Baneen' is 'Mother of Sons'. All of her sons were martyred along with Imam Hussain at Karbala. Hadrat Fatima Ummul-Baneen died on 13th Jamadi al-Thani, 64 A.H. in the holy city of Madinah and was buried in the famous Baqi cemetery.

During World War I, Mirza Kuchak Khan formed the Jangal Movement in Gilan to resist increasing Russian and British influence. He led a popular, organized force that established forest-based strongholds and temporarily controlled parts of Gilan, including Rasht, while setting up rudimentary local administration.

Hajj Agha Mustafa, who was the closest person to Imam Khomeini, was trustworthy and made sure Imam Khomeini was in touch with far-reaching and complicated parts of the Islamic movement in Iran and different parts of the world. He had many viewpoints as to the type and manner of the struggle with the government and stood firm during the ups and downs of the political activities, particularly in Iraq.

Iran War had come to the newly minted Islamic Republic of Iran, a war which would persist for eight years, culminating in a frenzy of chemical attacks on military as well as civilian targets. Washington was not only aware of this but was also actively assisting Saddam. Iraq, with a confidence born of western support and assistance, imagined at the time that it was faced with a vulnerable new born state. It was gravely mistaken

There is no doubt that one of the main mottos of Imam Khomeini's revolution was to defend the deprived and oppressed people. The issue of Palestine and protecting the Palestinians and acting as the enemy of Israel and its aggression are of the highest priorities in the list of the targets since Iran's Islamic revolution was an original movement that relied on the Islamic beliefs of the people.

According to the Holy Quran, martyrdom is a deal between a person and God.