Khomeini: "Nothing"

One of Khoneini's most famous quotes

Returning to Iran from exile on Feb 11 1979, Khomeini was asked by a foreign reporter how he felt? "Heech!" (Nothing), Khomeini replied. He probably just didn't want to reply to the constant questions. Nevertheless, it is a moment in history frequently recalled by Iranians.

18-Feb-2008
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People,

by Sickofit (not verified) on

Here is a sample of the opposition culture. Taste it for yourself! Is this what we want for the future of Iran? I prefer mullahs!!!


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VERY SICK MAN

by Ayatoilet (not verified) on

Khomeini was a sociopath and made many revealing comments about his thoughts in his lifetime. His speeches alone reveal volumes about his disturbed psyche. His relatives are well aware of this.


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aaminian: All your sources

by lll (not verified) on

aaminian: All your sources are partisan political hacks who could care less about IRan. You need to dig deeper to find the truth..Parroting sources from the leftist blogs and regurgitating almost verbatim their exact argument does not make an expert on Iran...

I will provide links for you when I have time. I've got to run.


aaminian

III: Links

by aaminian on

Here are some links:

 

1. //catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=lo...

2. The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation by Sandra Mackey

3. An Anti-Democracy Foreign Policy by Jacob G. Fornberger of the Future of Freedom Foundattion (//www.fff.org/comment/com0501i.asp)

4. All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer

5. Mohammad Mosaddeq and the 1953 Coup by Mark J. Gasiorowsky

6. History Undercover: Anatomy of a Coup (//lccn.loc.gov/2005640721)

7. Arming of Iraq and the Iran-Iraq War by Democracy Rising (//www.democracyrising.us/content/view/30/74/)

8. Chemical Warfare in the Iran-Iraq War by the Iran Chamber Society (//www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/chemic...)

9. How US Helped Iraq Build Deadly Arsenal by Times Online (//www.thedossier.ukonline.co.uk/Web%20Pages/T...)

10. Bush's Secret Mission by the New Yorker (//www.newyorker.com/archive/1992/11/02/1992_1...)

11. IRAQGATE by Columbia Journalism Review (//backissues.cjrarchives.org/year/93/2/iraqga...)

12. The Unites States and The Iran-Iraq War by Stephen R. Shalom (//www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/ShalomIranIraq.h...)

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The list goes on Mr. Carpenter. The truth is out there and it's our responsibility to find it. We shouldn't let Corporate-Funded media brain-wash us with subjective jargon!

 


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Khomayni was a REAL Iranian-God bless him

by Luigi Milani (not verified) on

Khomayni was a REAL IRANIAN. GOD BLESS HIM. AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
Khomayni was good friends with President Reagan.


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Long live Imam

by Doorod bar IMAM! (not verified) on

of course he said hich ehsasi nadaram. the revolution had not even triumphed. the revolution had yet to bring about an islamic republic. the revolution had yet to be exported. he had major plans that all the ignorant people around him had no clue of. and now today the islamic world is 100 times stronger due to his legacy, no matter how much the enemies despite it. inspiration to all resistance.


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Marg bar shah va shah

by shahpour gholam reza (not verified) on

Marg bar shah va shah parast, marg bar lenin, marg bar mojahed, marg bar zionists, marg bar bahaii's, marg bar all khod-foroush iranians. Doroud bar khomeini!


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"Heech" = get lost you anooying western reporter........

by Faribors Maleknasri M.D. (not verified) on

1. is - UP TO MY OPINION - the most correct translation. In the Air france Plane which was chartered and also paid for insurance by a Iranian wealthy man were 150 Reporters. The Greate Ayattolah (r ) had been a Superman as every body confesses who looks up alone this Video. No other Human Being is ever provided with such a peace of mind even on usual vacation journey to south see. It is said that his majesty was returned on Kish Island from Egypt on this day and had sent 4 warplanes to catch the Air france Plane and bring it to Kish. he wanted to have a last chat with the Liberater of the iranian nation. although he himself never spock out such a word. But the Planes offered themselves as Scourt and flown to Tehran.
2. I should remined once more that the glumming to the past does not help. Those days are over. Likewise reports are - UP TO MY OPINION - are only for ones who loved him. Others better go on distance. writing earthy word, throwing word-stones on each other does not hurt and does not help. In "IRANIAN" is nothing sacred. bnetter try to understand it how it is meant. The Site is very highly frequented. the Webmaster needs it and the iranians and Non-Iranians and Iranians with deverse nationality need it. better they keep it. Greeting _ releaser sees alone


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Please refrain from using

by thanks (not verified) on

Please refrain from using deragatory remarks. It's very unbecoming of all us Iranians. Only the Islamists thugs resorts to this kind of language. Try to be not like them.


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aaminian: Please provide

by lll (not verified) on

aaminian: Please provide links for your assertions. These are half-truths.


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Hemaghat,

by lenin (not verified) on

Your kicking won't last much longer you old fart. You will soon join your body in the hell. Try to bring back the Pahlavi dynasty in there and enjoy it for ever! You win as you always have? Like 30 years ago when you courageously fought with the akhoonds and defended your shah? Toff on your uniform!


aaminian

Correction

by aaminian on

The last para should read "...3000-year history." instead of 300!


aaminian

About Iran-Iraq War

by aaminian on

Mr. Carpenter,

Maybe you need a little World History refresher:

1. The Iran-Iraq was an imposed (and master-minded) war by the US and carried out by its crony, the "deposed" president of Iraq. As the master mind behind that war, the US and Iraq are responsible for the loss of all those innocent lives. The US got away with it (as it did with the invasion of Iraq and killings of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis) simply because the US is the most powerfull super power and no body can touch it. By the way, did you hear that your beloved president, King George, just wrote a piece of legislature (which was, by the way, just approved by the Congress!) that would give him immunity from being indicted by the international community for crimes against humanity for his invasion of a soverign nation.

 

2. Do you have any ideas what lead to the Iranian taking of hostages in 1979?! Does Operation Ajax have any meaning for you?! Does the 1953 coup d'etat against the democratically-elected of the then Prime Minister of Iran, Dr. Mohammad Mosadegh, by the US ring a bell?! As a result of that illegal and shameful action by the Truman administration some 300 patriotic Iranians lost their lives. Now, do you think that the hostage crisis was really a crisis compared to that hideous coup d'etat? I, along with the majority of Iranians think NOT.

 

As far as anything else related to the ruling fundamentalist government of Iran is concerned, the Iranians got themselves into this mess and you can be rest assured we'll get ourselves out of it just as we've done so throughout our 300-year history. The last thing we need is advice from people that've far too many times meddled in our internal affairs resulting in disastrous consequenses.


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"Heech" = get lost you anooying western reporter

by Anonymous8 (not verified) on

and leave me alone, I'm not the object of amusement for your people.


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His true feelings

by Colonel Hemayat (not verified) on

He only expressed his true feeling towards IRAN,

 

NOTHING

 

Khoda-Shah-Mihan


Kaveh Nouraee

What do you expect

by Kaveh Nouraee on

from a sociopathic mass murderer?

Moussavi never felt anything because first that's what murderers do. The son of a whore wasn't even Iranian. He was an Arab worshipping Indian. The same kind of mentality in the idiot who shot and killed Gandhi.

 


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Ghotbzadeh,got what he deserved,for bringing Evil to Iran !!!!

by Tahirih (not verified) on

Interesting Ghotbzadeh conceiled his foolish remark to the west ,and he was killed by the regime!!!
This reminds me that TRUTHFULLNESS is the foundation of all human virtues!!!!!

Just listen to what God has said about the clergy in Iran:
""Leaders of Religion, in every age, have hindered their people from attaining the shores of eternal salvation, inasmuch as they held the reins of authority in their mighty grasp.

Some for the lust of leadership, others through want of knowledge and understanding, have been the cause of the deprivation of the people.

God will hold responsible religious leaders for this tragedy,who have presumed to speak for Him throughout history. Their attempts to make the Word of God a PRIVATE preserve, and its exposition a means for PERSONAL aggrandizement, have been the greatest single handicap against which the advancement of civilization has struggled"".

Regards,
Tahirih


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He said a nice thing....

by siamak64 (not verified) on

relative to the things he said later on when was in power:

"We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land [Iran] burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world."

The likes of Hossein Derakhshan and other so-called-Iranians who are aware of Khomeini's true nature and support him nonetheless are the worse anti-Iranians of all. These people will "let this land [Iran] burn" to achieve their own agenda.
Fuck Them All,
Siamak,


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Maybe his answer had to do with the flight cabin pressure?

by hassan Ghardash (not verified) on

In general the personality of the person of an Akhond is like a robot. They are trained to be stoned face and never ever show emotions. I grow up with few of them living in my neighborhood and recall them being unfriendly and tough to mingle with. In my opinion, most of them are the most heartless people around. So, I am not so surprised that this Akhond Khomeini response was what he said. He probably meant it, because he had no feelings. Maybe the flight cabin pressure sucked his feeling out of his sole. Oh, well … why say more?


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Legacy of a

by huy (not verified) on


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Tell me all of it

by Hamah Cheez (not verified) on

The reporter is Peter Jennings.

Khomemie says: " heechee, cha ehsaasee..."
Then I think he says: "... ba ma sohbat nekoneh"
Does anyone know exactly what he said after he said "cha ehsaasee" ?
What did Ghotbzadeh said at the end "doka haasaa..." ?


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The legacy that the man has

by sad (not verified) on

The legacy that the man has left behind is positive proof of that statement each and every day in Iran. You don't need to look any further than to look at the present state of affairs in Iran to comprehend and realize what he meant by that statement.

Heechee, was a Freudian slip of the century.


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Interesting translation!

by farrad02 on

Ghotbzadeh knew right away the old man had made a boo boo!!!

So, he tried to fix it by translating Hichee=No comments!!!!

 


Abarmard

Not nice

by Abarmard on

What a shame. He knew about the "Shoor" and excitement of the Iranians yougn and old, boys and girls and still said that. It was the real shock for many Iranians including my parents.


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He is smiling saying that

by XerXes (not verified) on

He is smiling saying that, thinking: "Yek balaayee sar e in melat dar biyaaram keh khodeshun ham nadunan az koja beh kuneshun rafteh"...

He was a emotionless, oghdeyee, son of a bitch that you rarely can find any like him.
Haalaa in Iraniyaaro chetor aadami neshun mideh, keh inghad ino mikhaastan?


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What did Khomayni mean by the "nothing" comment?

by John Carpenter III (not verified) on

The Ayat-Allah Ruh-Allah Moosavi Khomayni basicly replied to the question in an Iranian Shia manner. Iran has been Muslim since 636 A.D.

See:

//encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567300_10/I...

The Prophet Mohammad, the Jesus of Moslems in his last speech said:

All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over a white - except by piety and good action.
See: //www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/prophet/l...

Nationalism is anti-Islamic. Nationalism views location of birth as a status symbol.

To view oneself as "better" just because he is "Iranian" or "Persian" is in Islam arrogant.

Upon his return the Ayat-Allah Khomayni felt "nothing" because his god, "ALLAH" created the earth for all humans.

Khomayni's mission was to revive Shia Islam in Iran. He failed. The Iran-Iraq War was a disaster. one million dead. The hostage crisis, 444 days, was a blunder created by the Mujahedin Khalq. Let us not forget that the Mujahedin Khlaq is communist. And the Salman Rushie death sentence made Rushdie the most popular man in the non-muslim world. Before Khomayni's fatwa no one in the whole world knew who Salman Rushdie was. It was Khomayni who made Rushdie a "New York Times" bset seller Author of the novel, "Satanic Verses".


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Mellat has chosen him

by Imani-tehran (not verified) on

He was the choice of the Mellat tyhemselves! Bokhoran az koonesh, noosheh janeshoon


Ali P.

Heechee=No Comment?

by Ali P. on

Khomeini replied: "Nothing"(implying, no feelings). Ghotbzadeh, however, translated it as "No Comment". Disappointing answer to millions of Iranians, but foreigners didn't pick on it.


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Khomeini HAD NO SPIRIT AND SOUL

by Stix (not verified) on

he said he had no feelings, because he had NO soul and sprit.

Not because he was detached from material world and was aspritual guy.


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THE DEVIL HIMSELF!!!

by Tell it like it is (not verified) on

I can give you all sorts of facts and numbers about the travesty this SON OF OF BITCH has caused all TRUE IRANIANS. But all of that has been mentioned on this blog before. So I"ll spare you and remind you that he is the DEVIL himself!!!So dont post his shity picture anymore. Just made me throw up my breakfast.