The 80-year-old cleric became Supreme Leader in 1989 after the death of the Islamic Republic's founding father, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Born in the north-eastern city of Mashhad in 1939 ...

Hadi Matar, a New Jersey man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie, is now on trial. The case spans the history of modern ...

Ayatollah Khomeini, an exiled cleric, capitalized on widespread discontent by portraying the Shah as an authoritarian dictator and promoting his vision of an Islamic Republic as a just alternative.

The suspect later gave an interview from jail to the New York Post, where he praised Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's supreme leader, who had issued a fatwa - or a decree - calling for Sir Salman's ...

The Mujahedin al-Khalq (MKO) formed against the backdrop of the anti-shah opposition in the 1960s and evolved to become an important component of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s revolutionary ...

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Citizens might revel in one holiday or restrict themselves in another, showing loyalty to Islam, above all else.