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 ...
TEHRAN, Iran -- Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first such ...
The man, Hadi Matar, faces up to 32 years in prison. Prosecutors said he rushed onstage at an arts conference and stabbed the ...
This date marks a pivotal moment in Iranian history—the homecoming of the late Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, after years of exile. Imam Khomeini’s return to Iran in 1979 signaled ...
The dictator of Iran and his family fled Iran on January 16, 1979, and Imam Khomeini returned home after a 15-year- exile, and the nationwide demonstrations ended up with the Victory of the Islamic ...
It’s been an eventful 21 years for those co-founders, Henry Reese and Diane Samuels. Until just a few years ago, Reese — ...
A jury in western New York on Friday found a New Jersey man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of author Salman ...
Khomeini had been in exile in Iraq since 1965. July 16, 1979 – Hussein becomes the fifth president of Iraq with the retirement of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr. 1979 – Hussein expels 40,000 ...
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini then returned from exile and the government fell on Feb. 11, 1979, after days of mass demonstrations and confrontations between protesters and security forces.