Beyond the lavish palaces of the last Shah in north Tehran, beyond the sweeping Enqelab (or Revolution) Street, which cuts through the city center, and even beyond the southern outskirts of the city’s ...

As students in Tehran press the latest round of protests into a second week, the late Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini is emerging to play a role in Iran’s unsettled politics. Soon after the demonstrations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hamid Algar turns 80 years old this year. For 45 years (1965–2010) he used his position as professor of Persian and Islamic ...

During the 60s and 70s, Iran experienced a cultural effervescence and women's voting rights despite the authoritarian regime ...

Protesters torched the former home of the Islamic cleric who founded Iran’s Islamist dictatorship on Thursday. Anti-regime protesters burned the building, which has served as a museum for several ...

By bnm Tehran bureau Hassan Khomeini, grandson of the Islamic Republic's founder and potential replacement to current Leader Ali Khamenei, said the distinction between divine and non-divine ...

One member of the Khomeini family was even arrested in this week's protests. Feb. 12, 2010— -- The Iranian government's claim to the legacy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of the ...

Cardboard Cutouts of Khomeini Are Mocked Online A day after the anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s return from exile, the cardboard cutouts that stood in for the dead Iranian leader during ...

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - On a backstreet in Iraq's holy city of Najaf, Iranian pilgrims shuffle in and out of a small doorway, making a short but important detour. They have come to see where the ...

Iranian protesters have set fire to the ancestral home of the Islamic republic's late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in the central Iranian city of Khomein. Videos posted on social media show ...

“Personally, I’d rather be somewhere else,” said Mohammad Khatami. Nonetheless, on May 4, Iran’s president finally declared himself a candidate for reelection in the voting next month. His hesitation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) who became Iran This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped ...