Scott Anderson’s new book, King of Kings, takes its title from the English translation of “Shahanshah,” the official ...

A wave of public demonstrations has swept across Iran on the anniversary of the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, with Iranians dancing in the streets in a display of ...

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region. Saddam Hussein could have changed everything. In an ironic twist, 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 ...

Iranian protesters set fire to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Museum Thursday night in the clearest and most direct act of defiance against the regime. Video of the event shows a fire spreading ...

After the 12-day Israel-Iran war, an unexpected village in India has entered global focus. Kintoor, a village in Uttar Pradesh, is the ancestral home of Iran’s first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah ...

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 ...

Apart from Iran’s Islamic revolution, for which Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini could claim only partial credit, his most momentous achievement was the February 1989 fatwa against author Salman Rushdie.

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 ...

In a legend that many Iranians hold as truth, Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini on his deathbed joined the hands of his chief disciples, Ali Khamenei — who would become Supreme Leader — and Ali Akbar ...

Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie onstage last week, praised Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini–the Iranian leader who called for Rushdie’s death more than 30 years ...