While sometimes dated, journalist Zahid Hussain’s collection of 39 interviews with people who mattered at the time, ...

AKBAR GANJI is an Iranian journalist. A former member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he became a political ...

Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini was a Muslim cleric and Marja, and the political leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

In this Question and Answer interview Iran's Ambassador to South Africa, Mansour Shakib Mehr, explains the country's journey ...

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

Iranian demonstrators burn a representation of the U.S. flag during a rally commemorating anniversary of 1979 Islamic ...

Imam Khomeini was invited back to Iran by a multitude of anti-Shah revolutionaries who had been courageously protesting in cities and towns across the country despite months of brutal repression and ...

Salami said Western threats at the time were “real” and not “merely psychological”, which stood in contract to Iran’s “calibrated and deliberate” actions. Echoing Salami’s sentiments, Ayatollah ...

Salman Rushdie was the key witness during seven days of testimony, describing in chilling detail his near-fatal injuries and ...

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