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 ...

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 ...

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 ...