Shortly after the Shah’s departure, Imam Khomeini, who was in exile in Paris, declared that he would return as soon as the airports reopened to continue the struggle against the Pahlavi regime ...

Yet Khomeini in exile had been insightful enough to cultivate quiet contacts with SAVAK officers in preparation for the new regime’s determination to ruthlessly destroy its ideological ...

The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, led by Imam Khomeini, sought to end internal tyranny and foreign influence, granting Iranians independence and the chance to build a new Islamic civilization.

Iran doesn’t seek war, but it will not bow to Trump’s efforts to tear revolution down, says President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Since 1979, the name of the town has been unwillingly associated with Ruhollah Khomeini. At the time, the Shiite dignitary cultivated the image of an old sage in exile, sitting under an apple tree ...

Iranian people attended nationwide demonstrations on Monday in celebration of the 46th anniversary of victory of the 1979 ...

A book titled "Safeer E Noor" by Tasleem Reza Khan and translated from Urdu into Farsi has been released in Iran in a bid to ...

October 1978 – At the Shah’s insistence, Hussein expels Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini from Iraq. Khomeini had been in exile in Iraq since 1965. July 16, 1979 – Hussein becomes the fifth president of Iraq ...