Thirty years ago millions of mourners crowded the streets of Tehran for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and today the founder of the Islamic republic remains a guiding figure in Iran. The ...

At least 12 people were killed and dozens more injured when six terrorists with assault rifles and suicide vests attacked the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic ...

Tehran, June 3 (efe_epa).Tehran, June 3 (efe_epa). — Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered on Friday to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the death of Imam Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the ...

Israel’s official reaction to the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was an expression of hope that relations between Israel and Iran will improve. Khomeini, Iran’s spiritual leader and main ...

A wave of public demonstrations has swept across Iran on the anniversary of the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, with Iranians dancing in the streets in a display of ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- The chant for the dead echoed off the massive shrine and rolled across a sea of asphalt, mixing with the roar of diesel buses disgorging pilgrims from across Iran. Inside the shrine of ...

Wednesday's attack on the Iranian Parliament and the mausoleum of the founder of the Islamic Republic was the first inside Iran by the Islamic State, which claimed responsibility. Here’s what you need ...

TEHRAN, Aug 20, 2007 (AFP) - Iran's ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has aroused controversy after saying in a new book that revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini favoured dropping ...

Ali Khomeini, a grandson of revolutionary leader and Islamic Republic of Iran founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has defended thousands of summary executions of political prisoners in 1988 following ...

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini died early today, 12 days after he underwent surgery for intestinal bleeding, Tehran Radio and the official Iranian news agency said in reports monitored ...

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