Cultural Necessities of Establishing Modern Islamic-Iranian Civilization by Emphasis on Imam Khomeini's Thought

Viewpoints of Imam Khomeini (RA) as determining criteria in recognizing the scope of cultural requirements and necessities of the realization of modern Islamic civilization are, on one hand, not correctly understood, and on the other hand, their weight among other criteria is not assessed. Therefore, the present article seeks to determine the cultural necessities of establishing the modern Islamic-Iranian civilization from the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini (RA). He never analyzed civilization independently, rather by applying content analysis method, his viewpoint can be analyzed in this regard. In transformation theories, priority is often given to political and cultural development; however, in the viewpoint of Imam Khomeini (RA), civilization or development are only established on the basis of religious cultural categories. The findings of the article show that emphasis on the Quran as the central point and based on it, consistency of religion and politics, the necessity of good governance, critical application of western civilization and positive or conditioned freedom are some of the cultural necessities of establishing modern Islamic-Iranian civilization in the thought of Imam Khomeini (RA).