The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the public face of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, won over many supporters in the West despite his brutality. ... France, shortly before his return to Iran.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday made his first public appearance since the outbreak of his country's ...

Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, a descendant of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told The Times that the legacy of his family name was at stake in the conflict. By Farnaz Fassihi Former Iran Hostages Are ...

This idea is reflected in several letters that Imam Khomeini addressed to the then-president and current Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. In these writings, Imam Khomeini asserts that ...

Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the first Supreme Leader of the Islamic revolution, spent years in exile in Najaf (Iraq) and, at the end, at Neuphle le Chateau outside Paris.

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and the political predecessor of the present Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had ancestral roots in Uttar ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the political predecessor of the present Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had ancestral roots in Uttar ...

To cut a long story short, Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — the architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iran’s first Supreme Leader -- has his roots firmly planted in India's Uttar Pradesh.