Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution had ancestral roots in Uttar Pradesh.

An officer of Kadamwak Vasti Gram Panchayat said, "When we checked with the members of the community who had put up the ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

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.

Under the reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran, once America and Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, became their bitterest enemy ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has become more urgent.

Ayatollah Khomeini, the fiery cleric who ignited Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, had his roots in Kintoor in Barabanki district, around 50 km from state capital Lucknow. LUCKNOW: Amid the ...

Dozens of politicians and activists met in Vienna over the weekend for the European Patriots Conference, held under the ...

Israel has confirmed it had nursed plans to kill Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A spot report from 1989 on what followed the death of then supreme leader Khomeini ...

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the public face of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, won over many supporters in the West despite his brutality. His image as a Muslim saint was in large part the ...

BBC journalist and author Baqer Moin, in his book Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah, writes that Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi left Kintoor around 1830, drawn to Najaf, Iraq, for pilgrimage.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...