Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Iran kills mastermind behind Tehran attacks, arrests more

Iranian authorities have also arrested seven people it suspects of helping militants involved in attacks, a judiciary official said on Saturday.

Jun 11, 2017, 18:56 PM IST

Iran makes more arrests in connection with deadly Tehran attacks

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings and gun attacks on parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic`s founder.

Jun 11, 2017, 12:21 PM IST

Iran arrests 8 suspected of supporting Tehran attacks

Meanwhile, Iran police chief Gen Hossein Ashtari said several people with connections to the attackers were arrested around the capital area.

Jun 10, 2017, 17:48 PM IST

Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies

The rallies commemorate February 11, 1979, when followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ousted the US-backed Shah Reza Pahlavi.

Feb 10, 2017, 12:09 PM IST

Iran mourns `sheikh of moderation` Rafsanjani

Iran began three days of mourning Monday after the death of ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pillar of the Islamic revolution who became a leading counterweight to hardliners.

Jan 09, 2017, 16:24 PM IST

Grandson of Iran's Khomeini excluded from elections

The elder Khomeini, a firebrand conservative who railed against pervasive Western influence, died in 1989.

Jan 26, 2016, 22:24 PM IST

Iran threatens boycott over Rushdie's Frankfurt invite

Iran has threatened to boycott next week's Frankfurt Book Fair because organisers have invited the author Salman Rushdie, who still has a fatwa against him, as a guest speaker.

Oct 06, 2015, 16:42 PM IST