Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini was a Muslim cleric and Marja, and the political leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

It was the first time that the author had come face-to-face with the suspect since the 2022 stabbing, which left him blind in ...

Renowned British-Indian author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him in ...

Iran is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Camera: ABEDIN ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first ...

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Salman Rushdie wrote a book about being attacked while at Chautauqua Institution. On Tuesday, he recounted that day during a ...

The struggle against the U.S.-supported Shah, spearheaded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (commonly referred to as Imam Khomeini), had been underway for some years. However, the pace of events ...

Salman Rushdie spoke calmly and with occasional dry humor as he testified on Tuesday against the man accused of trying to ...

Iran’s president and his cabinet members visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on Saturday to reaffirm allegiance to the ...