The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and created Iran's theocratic government. Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran ...

In January of that year, the shah—gravely ill with cancer—fled the country amid a wave of massive protests. Soon after, the Islamic Revolution took hold, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who ...

Khamenei served as Iranian President from 1981 to 1989 before succeeding Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader in 1989. Argentina and Iran have had only chargé d’affaires-level diplomatic ...

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This led to the Islamic Revolution, spearheaded by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, establishing Iran's theocratic government. Later that same year, Iranian university students stormed the U.S ...

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But in January 1979, the shah, fatally ill with cancer, fled Iran as mass demonstrations swelled against his rule. The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and ...

The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and created Iran’s theocratic government. The then Shah of Iran sits with Queen Elizabeth II in an open carriage in ...

But in January 1979, the shah, fatally ill with cancer, fled Iran as mass demonstrations swelled against his rule. The Islamic Revolution followed, led by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and ...

BAGHDAD — Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the US Trump administration, 10 ...

Khomeini was a little-known figure to most Iranians even as he took power in that country's 1979 revolution. In this detailed, balanced study, Taheri, former editor of the Iranian daily Kayhan and ...