Khomeini was a marja or marja al-taqlid ("source of emulation", also known as a Grand Ayatollah) in Twelver Shi'a Islam, but is most famous for his political role. In his writings and preachings ...

Matar stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye ... hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 over ...

"The Iranian people will always remember the French people's hospitality and the welcome given to Imam Khomeini," it reads ... that gave permission for the ayatollah to stay here," Elisabeth ...

Echoing Salami’s sentiments, Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, praised the IRGC’s role in safeguarding Iran’s sovereignty. He lauded Operation True Promise II as “a ...

The Ten-Day Dawn is a moment of national pride, honoring past sacrifices and reaffirming the ideals of the Islamic Republic. Imam Khomeini, Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhullah Mousavi Khomeini, was a cleric and ...

The Ayatollah Khomeini, the current regime’s founder, issued a fatwa for Rushdie’s murder in 1989. A bounty, raised in recent years, stood at approximately $3 million at the time of the ...

Iran: Iran commemorates death anniversary of former supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini Posted: January 31, 2025 | Last updated: January 31, 2025 Tehran, Iran - January 31, 2025 Iran is celebrating ...

Ayatollah Khamenei cited the negative experience of the 2010s—about two years of negotiations with the US and several other countries, which led to the Nuclear Agreement—as proof of the ...