Jamaran Hussainiya was the mansion ofRuhollah Khomeini, founder of theIslamic Republic of Iran, inJamaran village. In January 1980, Khomeini traveled toTehran to treat a heart ailment. The doctors told him the weather in Qom was not good for him. The mansion is situated next to theHussainiya mosque in Jamaran village, the mansion being linked to the mosque by a metal platform.[1] Khomeini often walked up a flight of stairs leading from his house to the balcony of the mosque, from which he often spoke.[2]
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On 23 January 1980,Ruhollah Khomeini went to Tehran from Qom to cure a heart ailment. He was hospitalized for thirty nine days, then he resided in the north Tehran suburb ofDarband.[3] It was not a suitable house for him.[4] On 22 April, he took up residence in Jamaran on the suggestion of Seyyed Mahdi Imam Jamarani who was known as Imam Jamarani for leading prayers at the Jamarani mosque[5] and spent the rest of his life there.[3] The house was the birthplace of Imam Jamarani's mother,[5] located near the mosque of Jamaran in Shaheed Husseinkiya street off Yasser Road.[6] Khomeini delivered speeches and met foreign delegations at Jamaran Hussainiya.[7]
The Jamaran village is in the foothills of theAlborz mountains and north of Tehran.[5] This village is nearNiavaran Palace whereMohammad Reza Pahlavi lived.[8]
Khomeini's house was placed next to theHussainiya in Jamaran village. His room, located in front of house, was about 12 square meters. A small platform adjoined the room to the Hussainiya where he gave his speeches to audiences.[9] Also, he met withEduard Shevardnadze, first secretary of theGeorgian Communist Party, and foreign minister of theSoviet Union at this room.[10]
To commemorate the death anniversary of Khomeini,Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance,Ali Jannati and a number of his colleagues and artists visited the Jamaran Hussainiya.[11]
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