D espite “his own visceral contempt for their adherents,” the future supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, found utility in integrating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, Hassan Khomeini stands next to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...

Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization on Wednesday made public a previously classified document from Nov. 11, 1964, ...

During my first trip to Iran in 1996, I visited Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb, a palatial complex abutting a Behesht-e Zahra Iran-Iraq War cemetery about 14 miles south of Tehran. Like many ...

A billboard in Tehran, Iran features an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader of the country, on March 4, 2026. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Credit - Majid Saeedi—Getty ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran for decades as its top leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into ...

Studies in political science indicate that tyrants want to build a regime without end. In doing so, they need a good succession plan, often called the “keep it in the... The stabbing of Salman Rushdie ...

Who is Hassan Khomeini? In a massive global development after reports of the Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's killing, attention has quickly shifted to the question of who could lead next. At ...

FILE PHOTO: 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran FILE PHOTO: Ayatollah Ruhollah ...