Jamaran Hussainiya was the house ofImam Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of theIslamic Republic of Iran, inJamaran village. On 23 January 1980,AyatollahKhomeini went toTehran fromQom to cure a heart ailment. According to doctors recommendation, the weather in Qom did not suit him. The house ofImamKhomeini was next to theHussainiya in Jamaran village. The house was linked to a large mosque by a metal platform.[1]ImamKhomeini 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,AyatollahKhomeini 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]AyatollahKhomeini 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]
ImamKhomeini 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 whereImamKhomeini 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 ofImamKhomeini,Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance,Ayatollah Ali Jannati and a number of his colleagues and artists visited the Jamaran Hussainiya.[11]
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