The Ignorance of the Islamic Religious Establishment Has Grown Worse Since the Late 1960s.
"They (Imams) relate to problems with complete stupidity. For example, in one of Imam Khomeini's fatwas, he presents the matter of a Muslim going into space in a space capsule and he only discusses how he would figure out in which direction to pray in outer space.
In recent months, Iran has been making efforts to renew diplomatic relations with Egypt. Relations between the two countries were cut off in 1981 by the founder of Iran's Islamic regime Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in protest against Egypt's peace agreement with Israel, and following Egypt's granting of political asylum to the deposed Shah.