Officials in Iran say the writings of the late Ayatollah Khomeini have been prepared for release on the world-wide computer network the Internet.

Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic Revolution in 1979, left a huge number of works, mainly of Islamic theory and sayings.

Now, more than two-hundred of his books have now been transferred to computer software and will be issued shortly.

The institute in charge of Ayatollah Khomeini's legacy said many of the books had been translated into different languages for international distribution.

Correspondents say official attitudes inside Iran to the Internet are ambiguous.

The service is available, but access is restricted by the high cost of servers.