How does the leader of an oil-rich country live?
June 3rd marked the 13th anniversary of the ascention of one of Islams greatest champions – Imam Khomeini. Below we quote a few paragraphs from a piece which originally appeared in Crescent Newspaper in 1985. A foreign delegate attending a womens conference in Iran recounts her impressions on a visit to Imam Khomeini’s house: The main door is a simple iron door, leading to a yard about six meters long. It has three rooms, inside each of which you will find a mattress and a cushion, and a simple sofa used by the Imam for sitting and sleeping on. The kitchen is under the stairs. There is a small room for him alone for studying, praying, reading and listening to the news; it is furnished with a chair, a small table, and some book shelves. The foreign press correspondents were surprised when they saw the house of the leader of the Ummah. They were even more surprised when they saw the Imam’s food which was composed of a boiled potato, an orange, and a small chunk of bread. They asked the I
