The Leader of the Islamic Revolution in a live televised speech on the anniversary of Imam Khomeini's (r.a.) demise, emphasized that the key to the Islamic Republic's permanency is in the two words: "Islamic" and "Republic." Imam Khamenei stated that Imam Khomeini’s great act was that he created and actualized this idea of an Islamic Republic and the base for the realization of that theory was his deep knowledge of Islam and people.