On the anniversary of the historic pledging allegiance of Air Force commanders with Ayatollah Khomeini (known as the Homafaran Allegiance) on February 8, 1979, a large number of the commanders and ...

The Ayatollah Khomeini, the current regime’s founder, issued a fatwa for Rushdie’s murder in 1989. A bounty, raised in recent years, stood at approximately $3 million at the time of the ...

Echoing Salami’s sentiments, Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, praised the IRGC’s role in safeguarding Iran’s sovereignty. He lauded Operation True Promise II as “a ...

"The Iranian people will always remember the French people's hospitality and the welcome given to Imam Khomeini," it reads ... that gave permission for the ayatollah to stay here," Elisabeth ...

Khomeini was a marja or marja al-taqlid ("source of emulation", also known as a Grand Ayatollah) in Twelver Shi'a Islam, but is most famous for his political role. In his writings and preachings ...