The Iranian regime's weakened situation is not necessarily a sign that the regime will fall, but one that could mean trouble ...

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

Despite weakening of Tehran's nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still ...

Dan Crenshaw immediately attacked him. “Nothing screams July 4th like platforming the leader of a terror state that labels us ...

Much after his passing in 1869, Musavi's grandson, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was born in 1902, who would soon go onto become the first supreme leader of Iran.

In 1839, Musavi married Sakineh Ahmad, his friend's sister. She was his third wife who gave birth to Ayotollah Ruhollah Khomeini's father Syed Mostafa. Musavi died in 1869 and was buried in Karbala.

After the death of the Islamic Republic's founder Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Mr Khamenei was publicly hailed as his predecessor's choice.

The supreme leader's voice is powerful. After the death of the Islamic Republic's founder Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Khamenei was publicly hailed as his predecessor's choice.

Khamenei, Iran's top leader since the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, has ruled in the face of sanctions, near constant international tensions as well as protests that were ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei attends a ceremony, held on the 36th anniversary of the death of Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Iranian revolution in Tehran, Iran on June 4, 2025.

The Iranian Revolution overthrew the Shah and installed Ruhollah Khomeini, whose successor Ali Khamenei rules Iran today, as Ayatollah in February 1979. The NS’s man in Tehran, Fred Halliday, assessed ...