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.

Iran is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Camera: ABEDIN ...

Salman Rushdie tells jurors he thought he was dying after harrowing knife attack as he faces stabbing suspect in court - Hadi ...

The struggle against the U.S.-supported Shah, spearheaded by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (commonly referred to as Imam Khomeini), had been underway for some years. However, the pace of events ...

The trial of Hati Matar, the 26-year-old accused of nearly killing author Salman Rushie in 2022, kicked off in Mayville, New ...

Iran’s president and his cabinet members visited the mausoleum of Imam Khomeini on Saturday to reaffirm allegiance to the ...

In terms of personality and intellect, Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was the essence of villainy and malevolence. A month before Khomeini’s arrival, Robert Ernest Huyser – on a special mission ...

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Trial of Man in Salman Rushdie Stabbing Begins With Jury Selection (Reuters) - The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture is due to ...

The man accused of trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie, leaving him blind in one eye, goes on trial Tuesday for attempted murder, according to state court filings. Hadi Matar, an American of ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or religious edict, in 1989 calling on Muslims anywhere in the world to kill Rushdie. Hezbollah endorsed the fatwa, the FBI has said. Matar had told the New ...