Saddam Hussein could have changed everything. In an ironic twist, the Iraqi dictator responsible for countless deaths across ...

His image is on bank notes and in school textbooks in Iran, often as a black-and-white embodiment of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that swept aside the country's shah and forever changed the nation.

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the public face of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, won over many supporters in the West ...

Ayatollah Khomeini’s family mostly absent from Iran politics This Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, photo, shows the shrine of Iran’s revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside of Tehran, Iran.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — His image is on bank notes and in school textbooks in Iran, often as a black-and-white embodiment of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that swept aside the country's shah and ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made his first public appearance since the Iran-Israel war, leading Ashura prayers in Tehran. The ...

Iran’s nuclear programme traces its origins back to the reign of the shah, when it was initiated with significant assistance ...

Khomeini’s efforts to transform Iran into an Islamic state had far-reaching implications for both domestic and international politics. However, Khan’s lack of a principled stance on issues has ...

As Iran’s fractious politi­cal elites prepare for the February 25, 2016, elec­tions for parliament and the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that selects the country's Supreme Leader ...

Hossein Khomeini is the eldest grandson of Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, who overthrew the Iranian monarchy in 1979 and labeled the United States the Great Satan.