Protesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Images posted on social media show part of the structure in the city of ...

The influence is real, massive and growing. More Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی, pronounced ( listen); 24 September 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 In light of the recent anti-establishment protests in Iran, Persian speakers on ...

On November 4, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s henchmen stormed the ... He celebrated his first birthday as a hostage and has spent the majority of his life as a Hamas prisoner.

Iran, known for its strict interpretation of Shia Islamic laws, was just four decades ago a modern nation embracing Western ...

The book ran into trouble shortly after its publication, eventually leading to Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa calling on Muslims to kill Rushdie and his publishers. Rushdie spent ...