referring to former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, before chants of “death to America” were heard. “It’s not Genocide Joe that has to go,” he said, referring to ...

Iran, known for its strict interpretation of Shia Islamic laws, was just four decades ago a modern nation embracing Western ...

Fourteen days later, the founding father of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, known as Imam Khomeini in Iran and the Islamic world, returned from 15 years of exile and took ...

Army Day, established by Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, is celebrated annually on April 18. A parade by units of Iran’s ground forces and ...

Ghandhari was a pilot in the Iranian Navy and experienced combat in the 1980s flying missions for the new Islamic Republic of Iran led by Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini against Iraq which was led by Saddam ...