On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic returned to Iran after 15 years in exile. Ayatollah Khomeini, officially known as Imam Khomeini inside Iran, was the first religious leader to openly condemn the program of the Shah (Mohammad Reza Pahlavi). He was imprisoned in 1963 and expelled from Iran ...

Tasnim Iran held commemorative events on Wednesday to pay tribute to late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, on the 31st anniversary of demise of the popular leader. Special events are underway in Iran to pay tribute to the architect of the Islamic Revolution on the anniversary of passing away of Imam Khomeini. While a commemorative ...

February 7, The Iran Project - From past (Jan. 31) Thursday, Iranians have been starting the 10-Day Fajr (Dawn) ceremonies to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a revolution that founded the Islamic Republic andoverthrew the monarchy of the US-backed Pahlavi regime in Iran on February 11, 1979. Every year Iranians mark the anniversary of theIslamic ...

Press TV- Imam Khomeini, the leader of Irans 1979 Islamic Revolution, was an influential political figure who brought about a sea change not only to Iran but to the rest of the world. Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, started his movement against the anti-Islamic policies of the former Shah in 1963,...

June 27, The Iran Project | Ali Hassan Heidari: Arab and non-Arabnationsshouldknow that thereason behindthe ongoinghorror in Palestine isthe incompetence ofsome of the Muslim leaders who have not been able to cut off the hands of imperialism and Zionism from Muslim countries despite having access to rich natural resources and their considerable population;...

The Iranian Revolution ,also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, refers to events involving the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was supported by the United Statesand its eventual replacement with an Islamic republic under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of the revolution....

The grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic on Iran, has been excluded from contesting elections next month, his son said Tuesday. Hassan Khomeini, a 43-year-old cleric with close ties to Iranian reformists, was not verified as having sufficient religious competence by the Guardian Council, his son Ahmad said on his ...

The grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the cleric who steeredIran's 1979 revolution and was the Islamic Republic's first supremeleader, appears likely to challenge for aseat in the regime's Assembly of Experts,the 88-member bodythat chooses and helps guide the supreme leader. Iranians will elect a newassembly in February, as well as a new ...

VIENNA, June 29 (Reuters) - France has asked its firms to prepare a return to Iran ahead of a likely deal with powers to curb Tehran's nuclear program, but Paris' tough stance in talks and ties with Sunni Arab states means its "love-hate" relationship with Iran will continue. Despite a long history of commercial, political and social links with ...

Tehran (AFP) - Photosharing service Instagram has deleted an account dedicated to Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini just days before the 26th anniversary of his death, Iranian media reported on Monday. The @EmamKhomeini account, which published rare or unseen photos of the Islamic republic's founder, had 100,000 followers before ...

[caption id="attachment_152527" align="alignright" width="202"] Seyyed Sadegh Tabatabai (L), Iman Mousa Sadr (R)[/caption] Aftab-e Yazd addresses the critics of the government by recalling a memory of the late Sadegh Tabatabai. Seyyed Sadegh Tabatabai*, an associate of the late Imam Khomeini during his years in exile in France, passed away at ...

Tehran, Jan 30, IRNA Senior cleric Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamadani quoted the late leader of the Islamic revolution of Iran as saying that the role of women in the Revolution was no less than men and that women had a special role in the Revolution. Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani pointed to the role of women in the Islamic Revolution, and said the negative ...

[caption id="attachment_147004" align="alignright" width="136"] A sign which reads in French,''We are Charlie. Freedom of Expression'' is placed on flowers as people continue to pay tribute to the shooting victims in front of the offices of the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris January 10, 2015.CREDIT: REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL[/caption] (Reuters) ...

[caption id="attachment_141768" align="alignright" width="219"] Iranian protesters hold a up a poster of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a demonstration in Tehran against the shah in January 1979. (AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Early in his reign, the ayatollah received a secret visit from six Jewsa visit that may have saved thousands It was with ...