| 单词 | Khomeini |
| 例句 | But when Khomeini came to power, he founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and introduced Islamic law to the country. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z By 1982, with the hostage crisis finally over, but with no end in sight for the Iran-Iraq War or Khomeini's rule, my parents decided to peace out of the Middle East. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z We were scheduled to arrive at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport at 2:35 a.m. local time, which constituted a thirty-minute journey into the future. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There is of course a distinction to be made between death threats issued by, say, the late Ayatollah Khomeini and those written in green ink by lone fantasists. Do we need to hide who we are to speak freely in the era of identity politics? 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Taking charge in the second half of 1978 of a broad movement for political liberty, Ruhollah Khomeini and his supporters drove the shah into exile and all but demolished the royal army. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z Some of the many memorable moments in Mike Wallace's career at "60 Minutes": - Asking Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 his reaction to being called "a lunatic" by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Memorable moments in Mike Wallace's career 2012-04-08T19:36:08Z He once dressed his sister up as the Ayatollah Khomeini. Zach Galifianakis Lives in the Cringe 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z In 1989, when Ayatollah Khomeini condemned “The Satanic Verses” and called for the novelist’s assassination, Rushdie told himself, “At least I’m going into this battle bearing the right name.” Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z Khomeini decreed that "Women's voices should not be heard by men other than members of their own families." Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z Khomeini seized power in Iran in 1979 following the overthrow of the shah. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z In 1989 the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini declared that Salman Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses” was offensive to Islam and issued a fatwa against the author, sentencing him to death. Books of The Times: In ‘Joseph Anton,’ Salman Rushdie Revisits Death Threat 2012-09-17T19:01:12Z The fatwa was never officially lifted — only Khomeini could have done that, and he died just months after issuing it — but delegitimized by the Iranian government in 1998. “Joseph Anton”: Memoir as noir 2012-11-05T21:58:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, found the book blasphemous and issued a fatwa, or religious edict, urging Muslims to kill the author. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z I remember being petrified that Ayatollah Khomeini would arrive outside my window on a scaffold. Talk: Daniel Handler Has Not Abandoned Lemony Snicket 2012-11-25T04:07:02Z The Ayatollah Khomeini stares pitilessly down from his billboard, perfectly reproduced at about 10 times the size of the bleak human lives below. Light from the Middle East: New Photography – review 2012-12-09T00:05:48Z For the time being, though, their king over the water, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, remained in exile, holed up in a suburb of Paris from where he plotted Pahlavi's downfall. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z In the late 1980s, his novel “ The Satanic Verses ” outraged Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who issued a fatwa calling for his assassination, a threat that forced the novelist into hiding for years. Salman Rushdie to be first speaker in lecture series honoring Eudora Welty 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z The 38-year reign of the shah, self-proclaimed kings of kings, came to an end after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile to Tehran receiving a hero's welcome and founded the Islamic republic. Iran's hidden Warhols revealed 2012-08-01T15:52:55Z His followers, as expositors of God’s word, arrogated immense powers to themselves; in 1979 one of them, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, turned Iran into a theocracy. Powers of persuasion 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z It is not at all clear that the "students" acted with Khomeini's approval, though he was ready to exploit the fait accompli. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Think about it: if a correspondent is willing to ask the Ayatollah Khomeini whether he is a lunatic, as Mike famously did, he’ll ask anyone anything. Mike Wallace and the Legacy of 60 Minutes 2012-04-08T19:47:57Z Perhaps the most striking piece in the exhibition is a vibrant screen-printed image of the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. | In a Gagosian Gallerist’s Personal Work, Cultures Collide 2014-01-15T18:17:52Z Author Salman Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urged he be killed for blasphemy after writing the book "The Satanic Verses." Threat to Letterman on Muslim forum 2011-08-17T22:29:08Z To him, Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iranian revolution owed much more to Robespierre than to the 12 Shia Imams. The deep roots of modern resentment 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini raised no objection when Salman Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” was translated into Farsi and first sold in Iran — not until Saudi Arabia started to campaign against it. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In Caryl's analysis, Khomeini's arch enemy was fatally beholden to the secular radicalism of Kemal Atatürk, who founded the modern Turkish republic. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z Rushdie was a natural person to speak up for free speech; the author spent years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the killing of the author of "The Satanic Verses." Salman Rushdie says he'll 'get medieval' on Times Literary Supplement 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z However, the departure of the Shah and the installation of a government led by Ayatollah Khomeini then compelled her to remain silent. Marzieh obituary 2010-10-19T17:18:00Z The second is when a champion of Iranian history is turned for no good reason on his head: Khomeini spends his evenings watching nature films while his wife, Batul, poses for the camera. The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z When one of Khomeini’s aides interrupts the interview, and asks Wallace to submit a batch of questions to be translated and then answered all at once, Wallace balks and delivers a lesson in journalistic integrity. How Mike Wallace created ‘a revolution’ in journalism — while battling depression 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Rushdie, famously forced into hiding after a fatwa was placed on him by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, is dead serious about the danger he sees in anti-intellectualism, fascism, religious fundamentalism and sectarianism. Salman Rushdie on the opulent realism of his new novel, 'The Golden House' 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Thatcher, like Khomeini, thrived on ideological aggression and brooked no dissent. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z The ninth season of Larry David’s comedy has distractedly followed Larry’s quest to create “Fatwa! The Musical,” which was inspired by Salman Rushdie going into hiding after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for his death. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Curb’ and a Carol Burnett Celebration 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z The Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration seized it at the Imam Khomeini International Airport due to the culture ministry's reported delay in repaying its debts. Pollock art returned to museum 2012-05-29T16:00:41Z Rushdie, who won the 1981 Booker Prize for his novel "Midnight's Children," spent years in hiding after Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urged that he be killed for blasphemy because of "The Satanic Verses." Indian fest hopes Rushdie attends, despite protest 2012-01-17T11:11:10Z Islam's aura of purity and principle, however, had been debased, Khomeini believed. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z The significance of 2009 for Axworthy is that a ruling clique abandoned Khomeini's policy of balance between the factions in favour of "naked force". Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-01T17:30:02Z Yasser Arafat is the first official visitor to Ayatollah Khomeini in Tehran during the Islamic revolution. Radio review: World Stories ? Revolutions In Iran 2010-09-23T08:00:00Z The book’s publication, in 1988, put a target on its author’s back and led to book bans, violent demonstrations and killings after Iran’s leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for his death. Writers Gather to Read Salman Rushdie and Support Free Speech 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z In his response, Rushdie seemed affronted by the suggestion, tweeting: "Would it be wrong to think that there might be a reason for buying my book that is not related to Khomeini?" Obama's family has book-shopping day at Washington, D.C., indie Upshur Street Books 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Macrae also championed Salman Rushdie when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1989 accused Mr. Rushdie of blaspheming Islam in his novel “The Satanic Verses” and enjoined Muslims to kill him. John Macrae III, Eclectic Publisher and Rights Champion, Dies at 91 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Rushdie started using a computer only when the Ayatollah Khomeini’s 1989 fatwa drove him underground. Emory University Saves Rushdie?s Digital Data 2010-03-15T22:06:00Z Turbans reminded Americans of Iran, which had been the perpetrator of a hostage crisis led by a turbaned cleric named Khomeini. My life in a turban 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z The Iranian government, led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, said it would release the hostages if the United States agreed to extradite the deposed shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The 444-day Iran hostage crisis began 37 years ago 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z When she criticized the condition of women in Iran, Khomeini said, “If you do not like Islamic dress you are not obliged to follow it. The chador is only for young and respectable women.” The Life of Oriana Fallaci, Guerrilla Journalist 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The season followed Larry’s attempts to stage the musical “Fatwa!,” about the Ayatollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa in 1989 ordering Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie after the release of his novel “The Satanic Verses.” ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Will Return for Season 10 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z A painting of a torn and battered propaganda poster of Ayatollah Khomeini is rendered in acid-bright, Pop art colors. Art that forces us to reconsider what we think we know 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Rushdie was forced into hiding in England for a decade after the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 religious edict ordering Muslims to kill the author. Salman Rushdie turns to video games in new book 2010-10-08T15:52:00Z The biggest problem it faced was funding from the Iranian royal family which, once overthrown, had its assets appropriated by Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime. Review: ‘Orson Welles’s Last Movie,’ by Josh Karp 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z The memoir tells of his years in hiding after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 declared "The Satanic Verses" blasphemous and called for his death. Salman Rushdie dismisses latest death threat 2012-09-19T02:17:10Z It certainly didn't work in this circumstance because Khomeini had it out for Carter, because of the Shah. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z His fourth novel, “The Satanic Verses,” inspired the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran to issue a fatwa in 1989 calling for his assassination. Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ is a shambling ‘Don Quixote’ for our deceptive era - The Washington Post 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Shortly after, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, issued a statement calling for Rushdie’s death, putting a $2.5 million bounty on his head and urging Muslims to target him. Salman Rushdie Has a New Book, and a Message: ‘Words Are the Only Victors’ 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z I’m glad we covered them, if only to confirm our feeling that they did not have much ground to stand on—Khomeini’s Islamic Republicanism, for example, was just a Hegelian reaction to statist secularization. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z But when Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini sentenced him to death for writing it, Rushdie found himself in the midst of a deadly cultural battle that lasted for years. 25 best books of 2012 2012-12-13T00:31:12Z Take the sentence that begins: "On the night that everybody was glued to the television . . . a group of Islamic students, acting with Khomeini's approval, climbed over the wall of the American Embassy compound." The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdolah | Book review 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Mr. Bahari, whose father had been detained under the shah of Iran, and his sister by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, described his own captivity as “a mixture of Kafka and Monty Python.” Jon Stewart Tells Maziar Bahari’s Story With ‘Rosewater’ 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z The Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, and sent the writer into hiding for nine years “a fretful, scuttling existence,” as he described it in his memoir, “Joseph Anton.” ‘Quichotte’ Is Salman Rushdie’s Latest. But the Act Is Getting Old. 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z A week and a half later, Khomeini ordered the release of female and African American hostages, leaving 53. The 444-day Iran hostage crisis began 37 years ago 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z From Queen Elizabeth II to Ayatollah Khomeini, here are a few examples of world leaders being shown in movies. See 13 Times World Leaders Were Depicted in Movies 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini initially dismissed Salman Rushdie as a "lunatic" and copies of the Satanic Verses were not only imported into Iran but even reviewed. Revolutionary Iran: A History of the Islamic Republic by Michael Axworthy – review 2013-03-25T10:00:01Z The first stirrings of that view came in 1989 with the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s fatwah against the novelist Salman Rushdie for his supposedly blasphemous words in “The Satanic Verses.” Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 ? Obituary 2011-12-16T06:27:29Z More than 30 years after the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa demanding the assassination of Salman Rushdie for writing “The Satanic Verses,” here we are terrorizing one of our own novelists. Perspective | Threats against the author of ‘American Dirt’ threaten us all 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z He belonged to a student group that organized protests in support of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The U.S. won’t admit this dying Iranian sociologist 2012-11-22T13:00:00Z Rushdie went into hiding in 1989 after The Satanic Verses sparked widespread protests by Muslims and a fatwa from Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. Rushdie receives Pen Pinter prize 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z Random House, Inc. said Thursday it will release the book by the author best known for the 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses" and the call for his death by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. Salman Rushdie memoir coming in 2012 2010-10-21T17:33:00Z A year later, in 1989, Iran’s supreme leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, ordering Muslims to kill the author. Why “The Satanic Verses” remains so controversial 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Foucault's dispatches from Tehran were one exception to the general incomprehension of western observers, best exemplified by the US president Jimmy Carter's dismissal of Khomeini as "crazy". Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-25T07:01:00Z That is when Ayatollah Khomeini heard the news and one-upped the Saudis. The Unraveling of the Muslim World 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But this was all cut short in 1979 by the profoundly anti-musical Ayatollah Khomeini, whose regime banned music of any kind for several years after the revolution. Mahan Esfahani: Why I'm proud to take part in the Proms 2012-07-20T14:06:00Z The film briskly recounts the history of U.S.-Iran relations, beginning with Imam Khomeini taking power in February 1979. "Carter was so humane": "Desert One" filmmaker on examining the Iran hostage crisis 40 years later 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Rushdie was the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death over alleged blasphemy in “The Satanic Verses.” Author Salman Rushdie could confront man charged with stabbing him at trial 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had condemned passages referring to the Prophet Muhammad in Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses” as blasphemous. Author Salman Rushdie calls for defense of freedom of expression as he receives German prize 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran's supreme leader at the time, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling upon Muslims to kill him. Novelist Salman Rushdie's memoir on 2022 stabbing to be published next year 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The militant group has claimed several attacks in Iran, including deadly twin bombings in 2017 that targeted Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran says it defused 30 bombs in Tehran, detained 28 people, Tasnim reports 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Qatar Airways uses Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport for its commercial flights, but previous prisoner releases have taken place at Mehrabad. Official says 5 prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran have flown out of Tehran 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns from exile and becomes supreme religious guide. U.S.-Iran relations from 1953 coup to 2023 detainee swap deal 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z I was wearing red nail polish on the anniversary of Imam Khomeini’s death. The battle for respect and freedom in Iran continues | Op-Ed 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Khomeini's successor, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, once said the fatwa against Rushdie was "irrevocable." Novelist Salman Rushdie's memoir on 2022 stabbing to be published next year 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z It also lit the fuse for the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which saw the fatally ill shah flee Iran and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini usher in the theocracy that still governs the country. A CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z IS has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including the deadly twin bombings in 2017 that targeted the country's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran attack: Shiraz shine gun attack leaves at least four dead 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Islamic state has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including the deadly twin bombings in 2017 that targeted Iran's parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic's founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Attack on Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Iran kills four - IRNA 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death, was stabbed in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye. After an attack on Salman Rushdie, the Chautauqua Institution says its mission won’t change 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had condemned as blasphemous passages referring to the Prophet Muhammad in Rushdie’s 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.” Author Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German prize for his literary work and resolve 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z He spoke at an annual speech marking the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, his predecessor and the founder of the Islamic Republic. Iran’s top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on ‘thugs and villains’ 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z It supported the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but soon had a falling out with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and turned against the cleric. Iran supreme leader says he’d ‘welcome’ full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z One of his most outspoken critics was the Shiite religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for his death after interpreting the author’s novel “The Satanic Verses” as blasphemous. Author Salman Rushdie warns that West is closing in on free speech 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Khomeini issued a decree the following year calling for Rushdie’s death, forcing the author into hiding, although he had been traveling freely for years before last summer’s stabbing. Author Salman Rushdie awarded prestigious German prize for his literary work and resolve 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Rushdie spent years in hiding with police protection after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, in 1989 calling for his death over the alleged blasphemy of the novel “The Satanic Verses.” Salman Rushdie makes rare public address after attack, warns free expression under threat 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z But other women protested a decision by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini ordering the hijab to be worn in public. As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Despite being repeatedly arrested, Khomeini continued to criticize both the Shah and his patron, the U.S. government. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z In the past, the program has interviewed Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber; Vladimir Putin, the Russian president; and Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Democratic party driven by pedophiles in controversial ‘60 Minutes’ interview 2023-04-02T04:00:00Z Amini, you may recall, was detained in Tehran for “improper” hijab — that is, refusing to correctly wear the headscarf mandated by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his fellow clerics after the 1979 revolution. Opinion | Women who have abortions may be headed to prison — or worse 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z “Many protesters either had economic problems or were influenced by the internet,” Sahebnazaran said from inside Khomeini’s former home, which bore pictures of the ayatollah and Iranian flags. Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Rushdie lived in hiding for years after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 issued a fatwa calling for his death because of the alleged blasphemy in his novel “The Satanic Verses.” Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as censorship 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Beginning in 1977, Khomeini exhorted Iranians to go on strike and refuse to pay their taxes. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Later in April, Iranians voted to become an Islamic Republic, a Shiite theocracy with Khomeini as the country’s first supreme leader, with final say on all matters of state. Iran marks anniversary of Islamic Revolution amid protests 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z Rushdie, 75, lived in hiding for years after Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death because of the alleged blasphemy of the novel “The Satanic Verses.” Salman Rushdie gives first interview since 2022 stabbing 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z After Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling for Rushdie's death, the writer spent years in hiding under the protection of British police. Salman Rushdie releases new novel six months after stabbing attack 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Three decades after Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called for the assassination of Salman Rushdie, that spasm of religious barbarism seemed to have faded to a historical curiosity. Review | Salman Rushdie’s first novel since he was attacked is a tale of magic 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z On January 16, 1979, the Shah and his family fled the country, and two weeks later Ayatollah Khomeini returned. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The attack on him — 33 years after the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini — proved that every precaution taken was necessary. Salman Rushdie's new novel reminds us how his writing changed the world 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z February 1989 - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill British author Salman Rushdie for blasphemy against Islam in his book "The Satanic Verses", prompting Britain to break diplomatic relations in March. Iran and Britain's history of strained relations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Overnight Thursday, enraged protesters in the western city of Khomein set fire to the ancestral home of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic. The killing of a 9-year-old boy further ignites Iran’s anti-government protests 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Three months into a nationwide uprising, Iranian protesters have turned their fury against the founder of the Islamic revolution and of the country’s theocracy, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini’s Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Their actions were widely supported within Iran, including by Khomeini, which led the moderate prime minister to resign. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Protesters in Iran have set fire to the ancestral home of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini's house 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z May 2019 - Twitter suspended Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's account over a tweet that said Khomeini's fatwa against Rushdie was "solid and irrevocable". Iran and Britain's history of strained relations 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z The semi-official Tasnim news agency, however, denied Khomeini's house was set on fire, saying a small number of people had gathered outside the house. Iran protests: Social media videos show flames at home of late leader Khomeini 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Protesters set ablaze the museum of childhood home of Mr. Khomeini, who died in 1989, in his hometown, Khomein, on Thursday night, videos showed. Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini’s Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Iran’s first supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, created the revolutionary courts as a stopgap system to purge opponents after ousting the country’s ruler, the shah, in 1979. Protesters arrested in Iran face a justice system stacked against them 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini is said to have been born in the house, which is now a museum that commemorates his life. Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini's house 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Islamic State has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including deadly twin attacks in 2017 that targeted parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Attack on Iran shrine will not go unanswered - foreign minister 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Activist network 1500Tasvir said the incident occurred on Thursday evening in Khomeini's birth town of Khomein, south of the capital Tehran. Iran protests: Social media videos show flames at home of late leader Khomeini 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z And parts of the Shia theology center where Mr. Khomeini nurtured the seeds of the revolution, in the city of Qom, were shown to be attacked and set on fire. Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini’s Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini constitutionally tasked the Revolutionary Guard with protecting the Islamic Republic and its ideals inside and outside the country. As protests rock Iran, its most feared security force is lying in wait 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Protestors in the city of Khomein have burned down the childhood home of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the country's current theocracy. Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini's house 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden of sowing "chaos, terror, and destruction", and citing Khomeini's description of the United States as "the great satan". Analysis: Iran crackdown may burnish Raisi's credentials for top job 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after the publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z “This is a taboo-breaking moment,” said Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iran expert who teaches international relations at Columbia University, speaking of the attacks on Mr. Khomeini’s legacy and the shutting of bazaars and shops. Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini’s Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z The attack came 33 years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, calling on Muslims to assassinate Rushdie a few months after "The Satanic Verses" was published. Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, agent says 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The fire at Ayatollah Khomeini's house is one of the latest incidents in a wave of nationwide demonstrations directed at his successor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian protesters set fire to Ayatollah Khomeini's house 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Rushdie, 75, spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death after publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Hundreds of people gathered outside Imam Khomeini International Airport for her arrival and cheered a woman they called “Elnaz the Champion” and saw as an inspiration for their continued protests. Iran’s Olympic chief claims no punishment coming for climber 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z The global outrage to the hostage-taking was swift, but the United States and its allies had little leverage over the Iranian revolutionaries led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Benjamin Civiletti, attorney general amid Iran hostage crisis, dies at 87 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z Khomeini's successor, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was suspended from Twitter in 2019 for saying the fatwa against Rushdie was "irrevocable." Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, agent says 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z However, hundreds gathered outside Imam Khomeini International Airport — including women not wearing the hijab — and cheered for “Elnaz the Champion,” casting Rekabi as a figurehead for their continued protests. Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, returns to Tehran 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z In a jailhouse interview with The New York Post, Matar said he disliked Rushdie and praised Khomeini. Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z Video shared online showed large crowds gathered at Imam Khomeini International Airport outside of Tehran, the sanctioned nation’s main gateway out of the country. Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, in Tehran 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The revolution’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, ordered the creation of the Revolutionary Guard force that same year to defend against coups or defections by the regular army. Iran’s Loyal Security Forces Protect Ruling System That Protesters Want to Topple 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z This is purposeful: There is a long history of Iranian state discrimination against Kurds, exacerbated by Ayatollah Khomeini's 1979 fatwa that authorized the massacre of the Kurdish people of Rojhelat. What's in a name: Kurdish martyr Jîna Amini and the struggle for culture and history 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z On landing at Imam Khomeini International Airport early Wednesday, she wore a black baseball cap and a black hoodie covering her hair. Iran’s Elnaz Rekabi, who competed without hijab, returns to Tehran 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The video was filmed near a public library attached to the Imam Khomeini Mosalla, a huge prayer hall. Iran: How we are uncovering the protests and crackdowns 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z In the early days of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was very popular, and his hard-line faction easily found a wide base of support among the population, Dr. Bajoghli said. Unveiled and Rising Up: How Protests in Iran Cut to the Heart of National Identity 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Some were raising their middle fingers - an obscene gesture - at portraits of Ayatollah Khamenei and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran schoolgirls remove hijabs in protests against government 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z But in the end, it was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers who ended up seizing power and creating a Shiite cleric-led Islamic state. Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and a group of Islamic clerics arrived shortly after and immediately began to remake Iran into the antidote to “the West” and the immorality of its lifestyle. Opinion | When Iran’s ‘morality police’ came for me 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Iran’s theocracy has viewed itself as under threat from the moment the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran in 1979. Analysis: Latest Iran protests likely not last for Tehran 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The Basij, formally known as the Organisation for the Mobilisation of the Oppressed, was created as a paramilitary volunteer militia by the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1979. Factbox: Iran's Basij force: specialists in cracking down on dissent 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z On 7 March 1979, the leader of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, decreed that hijabs would be mandatory for all women in their workplaces and that he considered uncovered women to be "naked". Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z On March 7, 1979, Khomeini announced that all women must wear hijab. Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z The revolution was perhaps best exemplified by the Khomeini quote that was painted across buildings and billboards in Tehran: The Islamic Republic is not about fun, it is about morality. Opinion | When Iran’s ‘morality police’ came for me 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Iran initially said the airliner, which took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, crashed because of technical problems. How the fighting in Ukraine could lead to a war crimes case against Iran 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In a jailhouse interview with The New York Post after his arrest, Matar spoke about disliking Rushdie and praised Iran’s late supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Prosecutors in Rushdie attack want delay to review evidence 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Despite Ayatollah's Khomeini's decree, it took some time for authorities to decide what was considered "proper" clothing for women. Iran protests: Mahsa Amini's death puts morality police under spotlight 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Security forces scooped up Brown from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport and confiscated his stash of the mild narcotic pills, said Masoud Setayeshi, the judiciary spokesman. Iran sentences 2 Swedes to prison terms over drugs 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The Satanic Verses author has faced death threats for more than 30 years, ever since Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa - a formal proclamation by an Islamic legal scholar - calling for him to be killed. Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death, but had traveled freely over the past two decades. Authors and friends rally and read for Salman Rushdie 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Khomeini issued an edict in 1989 demanding Rushdie’s death over his novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Prosecutors in Rushdie attack want delay to review evidence 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The attempted murder of Salman Rushdie, 33 years after Iran’s then-supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a religious edict calling for his death, is only the latest manifestation of the Islamic Republic’s debased soft power. Salman Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Media linked to Iran’s leadership have lauded the attacker for following through on a 1989 decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie to be killed that was signed by Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran deal tantalizingly close but US faces new hurdles 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z For several years in the late 1980s, the imams had been trying to forge closer ties with Ayatollah Khomeini's Islamic government. Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The attack comes 33 years after Iran's then-supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling on Muslims to assassinate Rushdie the year after "The Satanic Verses" was published. Salman Rushdie attack suspect indicted, to appear in court this afternoon 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The book's release prompted the Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa, or edict, calling for the writer's death in 1989. Sir Salman Rushdie attack suspect 'only read two pages' of Satanic Verses 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Khomeini himself once aimed higher: He had a grand plan to internationalize the Shia revolution that brought him to power in 1979. Salman Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z It was Khamenei’s predecessor, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who issued the fatwa calling for the death of Rushdie, who quickly became a worldwide symbol of free speech. ‘I’m done with him’: A mother’s anger over Rushdie attack 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z In 2019, he told the BBC's podcast series Fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini had not been minded to do anything about Sir Salman Rushdie because he was just a "foreign author in another country". Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In an interview published by the New York Post on Wednesday, Matar said he respected Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by the fatwa. Salman Rushdie attack suspect indicted, to appear in court this afternoon 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Rushdie has lived with a bounty on his head since "The Satanic Verses" published in 1988 prompted Khomeini to issue a fatwa urging Muslims to kill him. Rushdie attack suspect says he admires Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The task of setting up this matrix of menace was assigned to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which evolved over the decades from Khomeini’s personal militia to the Iranian state’s most powerful security arm. Salman Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z When Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of the “Satanic Verses” author, I thought he was standing up for Islam — and for me. Opinion | I once wanted to burn ‘The Satanic Verses.’ Now I weep for Salman Rushdie. 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z Whether or not Kalim was the reason for Ayatollah Khomeini's edict that day in 1989, we are unlikely to ever know for sure. Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Critics of Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon have condemned the attack even as others close to Hezbollah offer support for Khomeini's 1989 edict - a call previously supported by Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah. Residents of Rushdie suspect's Lebanese village say incident has little to do with them 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The fatwa, or death sentence, that Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini pronounced against Rushdie in 1989 for his novel “The Satanic Verses” was still fresh. Opinion | My dinner with Salman Rushdie 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z So it is no surprise to learn, from Vice News, that Rushdie’s attacker, a New Jersey resident and admirer of Khomeini, had been in direct contact on social media with members of the IRGC. Salman Rushdie attack shows the hard truths of Iran’s soft power 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini’s initial threat against Mr. Rushdie galvanized writers and artists in defense of that right; what happened at Chautauqua shows that movement was — and continues to be — necessary. Opinion | The Salman Rushdie attack should sharpen focus on Iran’s misdeeds 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z After his death in June 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini's son told journalists his father had never read The Satanic Verses. Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z The book, which makes a number of references — some veiled, some not — to Muhammad, Islam and the Quran, was considered blasphemous by some Muslims, including Iran’s late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked Friday, is the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. 'Top Chef's' Padma Lakshmi hopes ex Salman Rushdie has 'swift healing' after attack 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Khomeini, in poor health in the last year of his life after the grinding, stalemated 1980s Iran-Iraq war had decimated the country’s economy, issued the fatwa on Rushdie in 1989. Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had issued a fatwa, or Islamic edict, demanding his death. Iran denies being involved in attack on Salman Rushdie 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z But in 2017, the current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - when asked if the fatwa was still binding - said: "The decree is as Imam Khomeini issued." Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z In 1989, Khomeini denounced “The Satanic Verses” and issued a fatwa, or religious directive, against Rushdie — calling for his death. Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who led Iran after its 1979 revolution, issued an edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Rushdie, who went into hiding for years. Your Monday Briefing 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z While fatwas can be revised or revoked, Iran’s current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - who took over after Khomeini - has never done so. Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z In 1989, about six months after the book came out, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the leader of Iran, issued an edict known as a fatwa that ordered Muslims to kill Rushdie. Your Monday Briefing: U.S. Lawmakers Visit Taiwan 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Hezbollah is backed by Iran, whose previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989 pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling upon Muslims to kill Rushdie for blasphemy. Suspect's father refuses to speak about Salman Rushdie attack 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z It described a “hellish life” that Rushdie, 75, had been forced to live since Khomeini’s fatwa, saying the author once had to “change his hiding place 15 times in one month.” Iran denies involvement in Rushdie attack, says he brought it on himself 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The book had already been banned and burned in India, Pakistan and elsewhere when Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Rushdie’s book had already been banned and burned in India, Pakistan and elsewhere before Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie pleads not guilty 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Hezbollah is backed by Iran, whose previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1988 pronounced a fatwa, or religious edict, calling upon Muslims to kill Rushdie for blasphemy. Hezbollah official says group does not know anything about attack on Rushdie 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued the fatwa after Rushdie's novel "The Satanic Verses" book was condemned as blasphemous. Rushdie told German magazine his life is now 'relatively normal' 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The Asr Iran news site on Saturday carried an often cited quote by Khamenei that said the "arrow" shot by Khomeini "will one day hit the target". Iran's hardline newspapers praise Salman Rushdie's attacker 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Khomeini died that same year, but the fatwa remains in effect - though Iran, in recent years, hasn’t focused on Rushdie. Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Khomeini died that same year, but the fatwa remains in effect. Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie pleads not guilty 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z The book was banned in Iran, where the late leader Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death. Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z In the streets of Iran’s capital, images of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini still peer down at passers-by. Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a call, or fatwa, for the British author’s execution soon after its publication, saying the treatment of Islam and Muhammad in the novel was blasphemous. Salman Rushdie hospitalized after attack onstage in New York state 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution, issued a religious edict known as a fatwa on Feb. 14, 1989, ordering Muslims to kill Mr. Rushdie. Salman Rushdie is attacked onstage in Western New York. 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A year after the book's release, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini called for Mr Rushdie's execution. Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Khomeini died the same year he issued the fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death. Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Khomeini, in poor health in the last year of his life after the grinding, stalemate 1980s Iran-Iraq war decimated the country’s economy, issued the fatwa on Rushdie in 1989. Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z In Rushdie’s case, Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemned “The Satanic Verses” as blasphemy in February 1989 and called for the writer’s death. What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie's backstory moves center stage after attack 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Following are some key events that followed that death edict - or fatwa - issued by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the publication of Rushdie's 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses", which Khomeini deemed blasphemous to Islam. Events following Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The Satanic Verses was banned first in the author's country of birth, India, and then several other countries before Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued his infamous fatwa. Salman Rushdie: Author on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Rushdie’s life first came under threat in 1989, when Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini placed a fatwa on him over “The Satanic Verses,” a book inspired by the life of the prophet Muhammed. Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z While fatwas can be revised or revoked, Iran’s current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who took over after Khomeini has never done so. Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Rushdie immediately went into hiding after Khomeini called for his death that February. What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie's backstory moves center stage after attack 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Khomeini calls on all Muslims to kill Rushdie. Events following Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z A fatwa - or decree - calling for the novelist's assassination was issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme leader of Iran, in 1989 - the year after the book's publication. Who is Salman Rushdie? The writer who emerged from hiding 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The book caused an uproar in many Muslim communities and Khomeini called it blasphemy, saying it was “against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran” when he ordered Rushdie’s death. Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The foundation, whose name refers to the 1963 protests against Iran’s former shah by Khomeini’s supporters, typically focuses on providing aid to the disabled and others affected by war. Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Khomeini died in June 1989, months after issuing the Rushdie edict, but the fatwa lived on. What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie's backstory moves center stage after attack 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Iran’s government has long since distanced itself from Khomeini’s decree, but anti-Rushdie sentiment lingered. Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at New York event 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z It supported the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but soon had a falling out with Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and turned against his clerical government, carrying out a series of assassinations and bombings in the Islamic Republic. US firm: Likely Iranian threat actor in Albania cyberattack 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z They said Iran’s supreme leader at the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, had issued an execution order for all prisoners in the country who sympathized and remained loyal with the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, known as MEK. Iranian gets life in prison in Sweden for 1980s crimes 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Satellite images taken Tuesday by Maxar Technologies showed preparations at a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province, the site of frequent recent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. Iran says rocket launch coming after photos show preparation 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z The images from Maxar Technologies showed a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province, the site of frequent recent failed attempts to put a satellite into orbit. Satellite images suggest Iran preparing for rocket launch 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Kakabaveh, who grew up in a poor Kurdish home in western Iran, says she was just 14 in the late 1980s when she joined peshmerga fighters rebelling against the Islamic regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Former Kurdish rebel has key role in Sweden’s NATO bid 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Iran has been marking the day, the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, since the start of its 1979 Islamic Revolution led by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran marks Jerusalem Day after 2-year pandemic suspension 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Helicopters flew overhead and parachutists dropped down over the parade area near the tomb of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic state. Raisi says Iran will target heart of Israel if it acts against Iranian nation 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z In the United States, lawmakers compared his execution to Kristallnacht and introduced House and Senate resolutions condemning it, infuriating Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and exacerbating tensions between the two countries. Review | Amid revolution, her Jewish grandfather refused to leave Iran. Why? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The violence and upheaval of the Iranian Revolution, in which the Ayatollah Khomeini took power and established an Islamic government, interrupted oil production, resulting in a reduction in the oil-rich country's exports. "Pain at the pump": The highly flammable politics of American gas prices 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z A triumphant Khomeini returned to establish an Islamic state and to export Iran’s militant form of Islam. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Militant followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini seized the American embassy in Tehran on November 4 of that year; 66 Americans were taken hostage and 52 were held for 444 days. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He expressed his determination to fight Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, and asked Iranians for their support. Iran state TV shows dissidents’ images after apparent hack 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In Iran, leading Jews visited Khomeini to ask for assurances of their community’s safety, and he issued an order to limit the executions. Review | Amid revolution, her Jewish grandfather refused to leave Iran. Why? 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Iranian state TV showed footage on Thursday of what it said was the firing of the launch vehicle from the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran at dawn. France says Iran's space launch "regrettable" amid nuclear deal talks 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Strict adherence to Islam ruled Khomeini’s domestic policies. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Iran’s TV aired footage of the white rocket emblazoned with the words, “Simorgh satellite carrier” and the slogan “We can” shooting into the morning sky from Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport. Iran state TV says Tehran launched rocket into space 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z It supported the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but soon had a falling out with Khomeini and turned against the clerical regime. Iran state TV shows dissidents’ images after apparent hack 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The dancing and dining came to an abrupt halt in 1979, when Mr. Zahedi was forced into exile by the overthrow of the shah and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini. Ardeshir Zahedi, flamboyant Iranian ambassador who advised the shah, dies at 93 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Another said: “Free gas in Jamaran gas station,” a reference to the home of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran says cyberattack closes gas stations across country 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Khomeini encouraged Muslim radicals elsewhere to overthrow their secular governments. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Khomeini cast Mr. Banisadr aside after only 16 months in office, sending him fleeing back to Paris, where he would remain for decades. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z He then fled to France, where he joined the entourage of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, becoming one of his close friends and advisers. Abolhassan Banisadr: Iran's first president after revolution dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z But Khomeini would toss Banisadr aside after only 16 months in office, sending him fleeing back to Paris, where he would remain for decades. Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The convoy turned right on Imam Khomeini Boulevard, and the lead car then zipped ahead to the house to inspect it before Mr. Fakhrizadeh arrived. The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z As the war neared its end, Iran's then supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, ordered the execution of about 5,000 political prisoners. Hamid Nouri: How Sweden arrested a suspected Iranian war criminal 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z “I was like a child watching my father slowly turn into an alcoholic,” Mr. Banisadr later said of Khomeini. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Banisadr was opposed to having clerics in the political system, and the power struggle led to his impeachment by parliament, a move approved by Khomeini. Abolhassan Banisadr: Iran's first president after revolution dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z “I was like a child watching my father slowly turn into an alcoholic,” Banisadr later said of Khomeini. Banisadr, Iran’s first president after 1979 revolution, dies 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The blue Zamyad pickup was parked on the shoulder of Imam Khomeini Boulevard. The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z The work, viewed as blasphemous by many Muslims, sparked widespread protests, and the then Supreme Leader of Iran, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, called for the author's death. Sir Salman Rushdie to serialise book via email newsletter 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Earlier exiled to Iraq by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khomeini ended up having to leave for France in 1978 under renewed pressure from the Iranian monarch. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z For a chunk of his adult life, after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran condemned his 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses,” and called for his death, Mr. Rushdie was in hiding. Salman Rushdie Enters His Substack Period 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z From here they were shepherded on to a bus and eventually found themselves at the side of a road alongside Imam Khomeini International Airport. Gulf Sky: 'Our ship was hijacked and taken to Iran' 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z On March 8, 1979, on International Women’s Day, more than 100,000 Iranian women marched against Khomeini’s decree imposing compulsory hijab. Opinion | The Taliban says it will respect women. But we Iranians have seen this movie before. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z They said Iran’s then supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an order for the execution of all prisoners in Iranian prisons who sympathized and remained loyal with the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, known as MEK. Iranian stands trial in Sweden for 1980s war crimes, murder 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Khomeini arrived in Paris and spoke no French, and Mr. Banisadr initially gave the cleric a place to live after moving his own family out of their apartment to accommodate him. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Khomeini created a hybrid system for the new Islamic Republic of Iran that enshrined religion at the center of its identity. Is Iran’s Supreme Leader Truly Supreme? Yes, but President Is No Mere Figurehead 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Satellite images, a U.S. official and a rocket expert all confirmed the failed launch, earlier this month, at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province. Iran likely had failed rocket launch, preparing for another 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Aside from mollifying Western observers, Khomeini was probably trying to reassure his liberal allies in the revolution against the shah, which included a vast number of active and vocal women. Opinion | The Taliban says it will respect women. But we Iranians have seen this movie before. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In 1988, after Khomeini accepted a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, members of the MEK, heavily armed by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, stormed across the Iranian border in a surprise attack. Iranian stands trial in Sweden for 1980s war crimes, murder 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z Khomeini ended up in Neauphle-Le-Château, a village outside the French capital. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The Constitution drafted under Mr. Khomeini’s tenure made clear he was the top person in charge, with the power to dismiss the president. Is Iran’s Supreme Leader Truly Supreme? Yes, but President Is No Mere Figurehead 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Khomeini positioned the role at the top of Iran's political structure after the regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown. Iran: How a unique system runs the country 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z If he wins the vote, Raisi would boost his chances of eventually succeeding Khamenei, who himself served two terms as president under the late founder of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Factbox: Judge, banker, negotiator among candidates for Iran's presidency 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z He found his way to Khomeini’s residence in exile outside of Paris. Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, Shiite cleric and a founder of Hezbollah, dies at 74 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z There, as Mr. Banisadr once told the Associated Press, he and a group of friends fashioned or vetted the messages Khomeini delivered — based on what they were told Iranians wanted to hear. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z A revolution in Iran against the ruling shah destabilized the country and brought the hardline anti-American Ayatollah Khomeini to power. Sorry, Republicans: Joe Biden isn’t Jimmy Carter — and these aren’t the 1970s 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z How did an exiled cleric, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, come to dominate the revolutionary coalition? Review | America and Iran, from fascination to antagonism 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z In 1989, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini called on Muslims to kill Salman Rushdie, author of “The Satanic Verses,” a novel condemned as blasphemous. Today in History 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z A close ally of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s late supreme leader, Mr. Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed alliances with Muslim militant groups across the Mideast. Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour, Shiite cleric and a founder of Hezbollah, dies at 74 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Tape recordings of Khomeini’s statements were sold in Europe and delivered to Iran. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z In April 1979, Iranians voted to become an Islamic Republic, a Shiite theocracy with Khomeini as the country’s first supreme leader with final say over all matters of state. Wheels only, please: Iran marks 1979 revolution anniversary 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z Parks was a longtime civil rights leader who was part of a team sent to Iran for negotiations with Ayatollah Khomeini, the former Supreme Leader of Iran, to help free American hostages. Gazette-Mail’s West Virginian of the Year: Romelia Hodges 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z One of his teachers in seminary was the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z He was born the same year as the Islamic revolution that toppled the monarchy in Iran, and he was named after the founding father of the revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran Executes Dissident Accused of Stoking Protests 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Those messages laid the groundwork for Khomeini’s return after the shah, fatally ill, fled Iran in early 1979, though the cleric remained unsure he had the support, Mr. Banisadr once said. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, Israeli officials briefly plotted with Gen. Jaafar al-Nimeiry, the Sudanese leader, to stockpile weapons in his country to be used to try to overthrow the regime of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. Israel Sees Warming Ties With Sudan as Symbolic Progress in Hostile Region 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z While Khomeini banned “imperialist” Western music and instruments, Mr. Shajarian’s traditional songs — and soaring, quavering tenor — reached a wide audience. Mohammad Reza Shajarian, classical singer revered in Iran, dies at 80 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z It said Iranian intelligence aborted several other plots in more recent years, including blowing up the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic. Iran says it has detained U.S.-based opposition leader over 2008 bomb attack 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z By inflaming the unpatriotic Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, Khomeini’s strategy was to use it as an instrument to avoid meeting the demands of the Iranian people for freedom. Q&A: National Council of Resistance of Iran acting president Maryam Rajavi 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z That return saw Khomeini and his Islamic Revolution sweep the country. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Its theocratic dictator, Ayatollah Khomeini, was augmenting his powers by claiming to speak for the Muslim world, as well as taking aim at novelists. Why do Muslim states stay silent over China’s abuse of the Uighurs? | Nick Cohen 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The semiofficial Fars news agency published an image of Matteo Taerri being greeted at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport by Foreign Ministry officials and his family. Iran doctor freed in swap for Navy veteran returns to Tehran 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z That was the year that Saudi Arabia lurched backward, after Islamist extremists took over the Grand Mosque in Mecca and an Islamic revolution in Iran brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. Opinion | How We Broke the World 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Because of the pandemic, a traditional visit by the newly elected lawmakers to the shrine of the founder of Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, was postponed. Iran’s newly elected parliament convenes despite pandemic 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z In an echo of what was to come, Mr. Banisadr served only 18 days in that role after seeking a negotiated end to the hostage crisis, pushed aside by Khomeini for a hard-liner. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The launch on Wednesday coincided with the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Guard by Iran’s late leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran’s military satellite a ‘tumbling webcam in space,' Space Force commander says 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Pompeo condemned Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini for spreading conspiracy theories that the U.S. was responsible for the outbreak and pointed to Iran’s own mistakes in trying to contain the virus. Iran-launched military satellite entered Earth's orbit, US Space Command announces 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of Islamic Republic, was one of his teachers. Dreaded uptick worldwide of dead spiritual leaders 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Responding in kind, Goldberger declared that Mr. Sorkin’s writing “is to thoughtful criticism what the Ayatollah Khomeini is to religious tolerance.” Michael Sorkin, who championed social justice through architecture, dies at 71 from coronavirus 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z But he remained in Khomeini’s council and pushed through the nationalization of major industries and former private business holdings of the shah. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z I was naive enough to think that Khomeini, a man with such religious authority, would never lie. Opinion | I thought the Iranian Revolution would bring freedom. I was wrong. 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran put up a triage tent outside to handle the overflow. ‘Recipe for a massive viral outbreak’: Iran emerges as a worldwide threat 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Ghattas traces the assassination of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, fresh from making peace with Israel, to a Sunni impulse to copy Khomeini’s success but in a Sunni form. Review | Iran and Saudi Arabia: Middle East foes who envy each other 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Also, a fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. Iranian minister apologizes over mock spacesuit post 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Banisadr served as the country’s commander in chief under a decree from Khomeini. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Also, a fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. Iranian minister apologizes over mock spacesuit post 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini then returned from exile and the government fell on Feb. 11, 1979, after days of mass demonstrations and confrontations between protesters and security forces. Iranians rally against America, slam Trump on anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z In that year, the shah’s government in Iran fell to the frenzied mobs loyal to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Review | Iran and Saudi Arabia: Middle East foes who envy each other 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini then returned from exile and the government fell Feb. 11, 1979, after days of mass demonstrations and confrontations between protesters and security forces. Iranians rally, mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z A parliament controlled by hard-line clerics under Khomeini’s sway impeached Mr. Banisadr in June 1981 for his opposition to having clerics in the country’s political system, part of a long-running feud between them. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Satellite images by Maxar Technologies, based in Colorado, showed the launch tower for the rocket bore massive images of Iran’s revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the current supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran Again Fails to Put Satellite Into Orbit 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The recording begins a few minutes after Ukrainian Flight 752 took off from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran on Jan. 8. Audio Captured Iran Plane Downing: ‘That Surely Is the Light From a Missile’ 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Images taken from space Sunday appear to show an increase in activity at the Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s Semnan province. Iran, imagery suggest preparation for satellite launch despite US criticism, past failures 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Iran later would vote to become an Islamic Republic, a Shiite theocracy with Khomeini as its first supreme leader with final say over all matters of state. Iranians rally, mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z Khomeini “bears heavy responsibility for the appalling disaster that has befallen the country,” Mr. Banisadr said after his escape. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z A separate fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 also killed three researchers, the authorities said at the time. Iran Again Fails to Put Satellite Into Orbit 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z A separate fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February 2019 also killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. Iran, photos suggest a US-criticized satellite launch looms 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z After the 1979's Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini banned the broadcast of music on TV or radio, arguing that it made the human brain "inactive and frivolous". Mehdi Rajabian: Risking his life to make music in Iran 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z The Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran’s supreme religious leader, took hold of the situation, spurning international appeals to release the hostages. Iran hostage crisis’ end: How America helped secure the diplomats’ freedom 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z He wrote books and tracts on socialism and Islam, ideas that would guide him later after entering Khomeini’s inner circle. Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after Islamic Revolution, dies at 88 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The Ukraine International Airlines aircraft was brought down by ballistic missiles shortly after taking off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International Airport on Jan. 8. Iran must compensate plane crash victims’ families fairly, other governments say 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z All 176 people aboard the Ukraine International Airlines died when it was brought down by ballistic missiles shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Jan. 8. Nations of Iran crash victims press Tehran on investigation 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z But in the resulting chaos, hard-line followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini quickly moved to sideline left-wing and moderate opposition groups, forcing many Iranians into prison or exile and establishing a firm foundation for clerical rule. For decades Iranians have risen up, only to be put down 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z “I swear on the grave of Khomeini I haven’t authorized a bullet against the U.S.,” the general said. ‘I Lost My Legs’: Wounded in Iraq, He Sued Iran 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z At the same time, popular demonstrations toppled the shah of Iran, and Ayatollah Khomeini returned to his homeland to lead the revolution. Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z ‘In retaliation, Ayatollah Khomeini should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb.” Left and right should learn to take a joke, not censor them | Kenan Malik 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z It was still dark when Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 took off on Wednesday from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport. Brinkmanship, nerves and 176 civilian deaths: the Iran air disaster 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Flight records show there was some domestic traffic around the same time at the Mehrabad Airport, about 35km north-east of Imam Khomeini International airport. Iran plane crash: Ukraine's president calls on US and allies to share evidence – live 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Flight tracking data from Flightradar24 showed the Ukrainian airliner taking off from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport in a northwesterly direction before losing contact near the suburb of Parand. Iranian missile hit Ukrainian plane in possible unintentional firing, Western officials say 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The plane crashed just minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, the main airport for travelers in Iran. Intelligence indicates Iranian missile downed Ukrainian jetliner, U.S. and Canadian officials say 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752, bound for the country's capital of Kiev, crashed just minutes after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard. Ukrainian airplane likely shot down by mistake by Iran joins list of air disasters during conflict 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z A Ukrainian airplane carrying 176 passengers crashed minutes after taking off early Wednesday from Iran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all passengers and crew members on board. 176 people died in the plane crash in Iran. Here are some of their stories. 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Flight records available online show there were no other flights landing or taking off from Imam Khomeini International airport around the same as the Ukrainian plane was in flight. Iran plane crash: Ukraine's president calls on US and allies to share evidence – live 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Iranians overthrow the U.S.-backed shah and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini – returning from exile – seizes command of the newly-established Islamic Republic of Iran. US-Iran tensions: A timeline of incidents between two longtime rivals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The plane’s black boxes were found amid the wreckage not far from Imam Khomeini International Airport but Iran is refusing to turn them over to Boeing or the National Transportation Safety Board. Iran says black boxes from doomed Ukrainian flight were damaged, some memory lost 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The 737 left Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran at 6:12 a.m. Little Clarity, Many Theories in Ukraine Airline Crash in Iran 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Mr Abedzadeh added that witnesses saw the plane "on fire" before the crash, and that pilots hadn't made any distress calls before trying to return to Imam Khomeini airport. Crashed Iran plane 'tried to return to airport' 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The report suggested a sudden emergency struck the Boeing 737 operated by Ukrainian International Airlines early Wednesday morning, when it went down just moments after taking off from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran. Iran investigators say Ukrainian plane never called for help 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The Ukraine International Airlines flight — bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv — went down just before dawn after departing from Imam Khomeini International Airport, south of Tehran. Ukrainian passenger jet carrying over 170 people crashes in Iran, killing all on board 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z After the missile attack, 179 people died in a Ukraine International Airlines plane crash that went down near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport. Iran hit with magnitude 4.9 earthquake near nuclear plant 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z In scale, it was second only to the funeral in 1989 of Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic revolution. Why huge crowds turned out for Soleimani's funeral 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport due to technical problems, killing all on board, state media said. Ukrainian flight did not declare emergency before crash: Iranian media 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The Fars state news agency reports that the crash happened just after take-off from Tehran's Imam Khomeini airport. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The ceremony rivaled the one held after the passing of the Islamic republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989, analysts said. Soleimani’s funeral procession in Iran sees massive crowds and calls for revenge 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The funeral was said to be the largest in Iran since the funeral of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, in 1989. Satellite images show Soleimani funeral crowds thronging streets of Tehran 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Iran has not seen such an outpouring of emotion on the streets since the death of the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989. The Breathtaking Unravelling of the Middle East After Suleimani’s Death 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The scale of the crowds in Tehran shown on television mirrored the numbers who gathered in 1989 for the funeral of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran mourns Suleimani and vows 'dark day' of vengeance against US 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The scale of the crowds in Tehran shown on television mirrored the masses that gathered in 1989 for the funeral of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Huge crowds in Iran for commander's funeral, daughter warns U.S. of 'dark day' 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Not even Khomeini received such a processional with his death in 1989. Soleimani's body arrives in Iran as Trump issues new threats 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Fearful of facing the full might of the United States, Khomeini swallowed hard and accepted a U.N.-brokered ceasefire, an act so painful he likened it to drinking “a chalice of poison.” Perspective | How the Soleimani assassination could pave the way for a new deal with Iran 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z “I swear on the grave of Khomeini I haven’t authorized a bullet against the U.S.,” The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z But he had risen through the Revolutionary Guards - Iran's elite and most powerful force - and was reportedly close to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini. Who was Iran's Qasem Soleimani? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The ensuing hostage crisis enabled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to consolidate his theocratic rule, started a four-decade conflict between Washington and Tehran that is still roiling the region and helped Ronald Reagan take the White House. How Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S. 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z He was also angered by the burning of his image and the destruction of a statue of the republic’s late founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Special Report: Iran’s leader ordered crackdown on unrest - 'Do whatever it takes to end it' 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z In July, she was moved to the mental health ward of Imam Khomeini hospital under the control of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Iran rejects ‘conditional release’ for Iranian-British woman 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Instead, the invasion solidified Khomeini’s leadership and unified the country in resistance, starting a brutal, entrenched war. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Khomeini’s revolution drove about half of Iran’s 80,000 Jews into exile. 'Our worst nightmare': Vandalism at Persian synagogue stuns congregation 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z A truck in front bore a banner with the faces of Khamenei and the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini reading: “Protecting Islamic and revolutionary values, as well as praising martyrs, is the highest work.” Iran blames deadly unrest on outsiders, including US 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He fled Iran in early 1979 after the Islamic revolution swept Ayatollah Khomeini to power, living in exile in Mexico for a time between stints in the Bahamas and Egypt. Exiled in Mexico: Bolivia's Morales joins list of famous refugees 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z But relations with a triumphant Ayatollah Khomeini soon soured. The Iranian opposition fighters who can't think about sex 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z In 1989, Khomeini stopped urging Iranians to spread the revolution, and called instead for expediency to preserve its gains. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Iran’s Arabic-Language al-Alam TV channel said: “Residents of Imam Khomeini port city heard the sound of a missile being fired on Friday morning.” Iran claims it downed 'unknown' drone over Persian Gulf, Pentagon says all US devices accounted for 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Day 2, Nov. 5 - Other followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, seize the British Embassy in Tehran, claiming Britain is America’s “evil” ally. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The Tehran broadcasts, some not clearly received, said the students were motivated by a “message” from the leader of Iran’s Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. AP COVERED IT: Iran students seize US Embassy in Tehran 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Iran was in chaos then, roiled by the departure of the shah earlier that year and the return of the revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a longtime religious leader in exile. They were hostages in Iran for 444 days. Decades later, they're waiting for compensation 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z In 1982, after the Iranians expelled the Iraqi forces, Khomeini ordered his men to keep going, to “liberate” Iraq and push on to Jerusalem. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, like his predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, repeatedly hails the militants who took over the embassy as being “ahead of their time.” 40 years on, Iranians recall 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Day 14, Nov. 17 - Khomeini orders the militants to release all women and black hostages if they are absolved of espionage. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The Khomeini regime accuses Iraq of aiding autonomy-seeking minorities in Iran. AP COVERED IT: Iran students seize US Embassy in Tehran 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “The den of espionage must be shut down,” it reads in Farsi, while another line honors Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who became supreme leader of Iran after returning from exile in France earlier in 1979. Frozen in time, US Embassy a monument to Iran hostage crisis 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Khomeini had created the prototype for the force in 1979, with the goal of protecting Iran and exporting the Islamic Revolution. The Shadow Commander 2013-09-23T04:00:00Z Four years later, she found herself unmoored from family and country when the Iranian Revolution toppled the monarchy of Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, and in its place installed a theocracy led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Artist Shirin Neshat challenges the idea of Muslim women as victims and explores exile 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Day 30, Dec. 3 - Iranians vote overwhelmingly in favor of a new Islamic constitution giving Khomeini supreme power. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z At 3 a.m., she made a desperate drive to Imam Khomeini International Airport in search of more information. Iranian students were accepted to U.S. schools. Then their visas were revoked without explanation 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z A separate fire at the Khomeini space center in February killed three workers, Iranian state media reported at the time. Iran Acknowledges Space Center Blast, Days After Trump Shares Revealing Image 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The 1988 publication of The Satanic Verses led Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran to issue a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s assassination. On my radar: Salman Rushdie’s cultural highlights 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Commercial satellite photographs and the far more detailed image that Mr. Trump released showed devastating damage at the Imam Khomeini Space Center. In a Tweet Taunting Iran, Trump Releases an Image Thought to Be Classified 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z Day 140, March 22 - Khomeini says Carter confidentially writes to him promising to recognize Islamic Revolution in a public speech. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Other satellite images released Thursday appeared to show the smoldering remains of a rocket at the Imam Khomeini Space Center that was to conduct a U.S.-criticized satellite launch. Trump says he had the right to tweet Iran satellite photo 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z A rocket exploded Thursday on the launch pad at the Khomeini Space Center in Iran, according to reports. Trump says U.S. not to blame for explosion at Iranian missile site 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province, some 150 miles southeast of Iran's capital, Tehran. Satellite images suggest Iranian rocket blew up on launch pad 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z State media and officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province. Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Day 156, April 7 - Khomeini rules the hostages must remain in the hands of the militants. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z The satellite pictures were taken Thursday morning of the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran’s Semnan province. Satellite photos show burning Iran space center launch pad 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z She was detained at Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport after visiting the country to introduce her daughter, Gabriella, to relatives. Iran 'cuts Zaghari-Ratcliffe's access to daughter' 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z A separate fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. Satellite images suggest Iranian rocket blew up on launch pad 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z “The Imam Khomeini space launch center is usually quite empty,” said Fabian Hinz, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. Satellite images suggest Iran satellite launch looms 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Day 314, Sept. 12 - Khomeini lists four conditions for the hostages’ release but omits a previous demand for a U.S. apology. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z Last month, she detailed to her husband, Richard, how she spent six days in effective solitary confinement in Imam Khomeini hospital. British dual national Kameel Ahmady detained in Iran 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, Kargil, an influential religious group in the region, supported the protest. India’s decision to split Kashmir met with protests 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The Imam Khomeini Memorial Trust, Kargil, an influential religious group in the region, supported the protest. India’s decision to split Kashmir met with protests 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z A separate fire at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in February also killed three researchers, authorities said at the time. Satellite images suggest Iran satellite launch looms 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z Day 366, Nov. 3 - With Ayatollah Khomeini’s approval, the militants relinquish “responsibility” for the hostages to the Iranian government. Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z It was heavily influenced by the Iranian revolution, which saw Ayatollah Khomeini take power in 1979 after the overthrow of the US-allied Shah in a popular uprising. Why Nigeria has banned pro-Iranian Muslim group 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Then there’s Wallace’s interview with Khomeini in Tehran in 1979, in which he goes beyond the expected topics - to the consternation of the official translator. Review: Looking back at Mike Wallace, who made ‘em squirm 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Iran was in chaos in 1979, roiled by the departure of the Shah of Iran that January and the return a month later of the revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, a longtime religious leader in exile. L. Bruce Laingen, top U.S. diplomat held in Iran hostage crisis, dies at 96 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Just four months earlier, supporters of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shiite cleric, had overthrown the shah and briefly occupied the U.S. Bruce Laingen, top-ranking U.S. diplomat held in Iran hostage crisis, dies at 96 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Iran was in chaos in 1979, roiled by the departure of the Shah of Iran that February and the takeover by a longtime religious leader in exile, Ayatollah Khomeini. L. Bruce Laingen, top US diplomat held in Iran, dies at 96 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Zaghari-Ratcliffe was moved to the mental ward of Iman Khomeini hospital on Monday – a move that the family initially welcomed after months of calling for her to get medical treatment. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband fears she will be forced to confess 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z While his ministry is responsible for building the satellites, the Guard’s aerospace program launches them from the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Semnan province. AP Interview: Rising Iran politician has intelligence ties 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The president mispronounced the Iranian clerical leader’s name as 'Khomeini,' which was the name of the former leader who died in 1989. The Daily 202: Democratic candidates keep proposing tax hikes on the rich to pay for ambitious programs 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z The president mispronounced the Iranian clerical leader’s name as “Khomeini,” which was the name of the former leader who died in 1989. Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. ‘restraint’ is limited 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Once used by communists, it was popularized by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the revolution’s figurehead and Iran’s first supreme leader after the U.S. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Khamenei addressed thousands of people on the 30th anniversary of the death of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, in Khomeini's mausoleum in the capital Tehran. Supreme Leader: Iran will continue resisting US pressure 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Khamenei spoke Tuesday on the anniversary of the death of Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic, in Khomeini’s mausoleum. Supreme Leader: Iran will continue resisting US pressure 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Iran under Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini began the demonstrations to offer support to Palestinians. Mideast protests in Iran, elsewhere mark ‘Jerusalem Day’ 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, for example sought to ban all music from radio and television after solidifying control over the burgeoning Islamic Republic. Iran’s hard-liners outraged by viral videos of schoolchildren dancing 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z He left most of his money behind when he immigrated to America shortly before the 1979 rise to power of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Bahman Batmanghelidj, Northern Virginia developer, dies at 83 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Two weeks later, Iran's main spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, returned after 14 years in exile. The artist who lived and breathed Iran 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Guard was created in parallel to the country's existing armed forces to consolidate power under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. AP Explains: Long reach of Iran's Revolutionary Guard 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Guard was created in parallel to the country’s existing armed forces to consolidate power under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. AP Explains: Long reach of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The Revolutionary Guard was created in parallel to the country’s existing armed forces to consolidate power under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. AP Explains: Long reach of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z After Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini accepted a U.N.-brokered cease-fire, members of the Iranian opposition group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, heavily armed by Saddam Hussein, stormed across the Iranian border in a surprise attack. Iran cleric linked to 1988 mass executions to lead judiciary 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The hijab and chador – an article of loose-fitting clothing – was brought back by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, calling the chador “the flag of the revolution.” Iranian lawyer defending hijab protesters convicted by Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, faces years in jail 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In July 2017, another Simorgh roared off a launchpad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center, a complex east of Tehran named for the nation’s first supreme leader. U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The Revolutionary Guard was formed by Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini shortly after the 1979 revolution and is distinct from the regular military. Iran suicide bombing kills 27 Revolutionary Guard members 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Students, clerics and women dressed in black and carried pictures of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the Shiite cleric who toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in an Islamic uprising that still haunts the West. Iran celebrates Islamic Revolution with threats to U.S., vows to boost ballistic missiles 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran overthrew the shah, a close U.S. ally, and installed Shiite clerics in power and a government headed by the anti-American Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The 1979 Iranian Revolution overthrew the shah, a close U.S. ally, and installed an Islamic government headed by the anti-American Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Jan. 12 - Khomeini forms a Revolutionary Council to oversee the Shah’s exit and transition to a new government. Timeline of the Iranian revolution 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z And on Feb. 1, hard-line Islamist cleric Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Tehran from exile. It’s been 40 years since Iran’s Islamic Revolution. Here’s how the country has changed 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Khomeini spent the final year of his exile in France. At Khomeini's Iraqi place of exile, Iranians remember revolution's... 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Soldiers, students, clerics and black-clad women holding small children, flocked to the streets of cities and towns, many carrying portraits of Khomeini and Iran’s current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Chanting 'Death to America', Iranians mark 40 years since Shah's fall 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Nearby, a massive billboard shows Shiite Muslim martyrs alongside a photo of Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini. Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Feb. 1 - Khomeini returns to Iran and is greeted by millions in Tehran. Timeline of the Iranian revolution 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Nearby, a massive billboard shows Shiite Muslim martyrs alongside a photo of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Khomeini went into exile in the 1960s, first to Turkey then to Najaf. At Khomeini's Iraqi place of exile, Iranians remember revolution's... 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z On Feb. 1, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the godfather of the revolution, returned from exile in Paris. The Iranian Revolution at 40: From Theocracy to ‘Normality’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The caretaker government left behind by the cancer-stricken Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who weeks earlier left the nation, quickly crumbled as the soldiers once backing it embraced the supporters of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Feb. 16 - Iran’s revolutionary authorities start executions of leading supporters of the Shah and kill four top generals on the rooftop of a school housing Khomeini. Timeline of the Iranian revolution 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z It was headed by a secular opposition figure, Shahpour Bakhtiar, as the newly appointed prime minister — a move aimed at heading off a takeover by Khomeini and preserving the monarchy. Perspective | We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Khomeini mostly kept a low profile in Najaf, studying and lecturing, but also developed his ideas for a system of Islamic governance. At Khomeini's Iraqi place of exile, Iranians remember revolution's... 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Khomeini also made a point to embrace the Palestinians in their fight against Israel. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Khomeini’s followers took over Tehran Radio and issued a series of directives from the Provisional Revolutionary Government. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Khomeini also made a point to embrace the Palestinians in their fight against Israel. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Sixteen days later, Khomeini, then 78, made a triumphant return, flying into the same airport on the morning of Feb. 1. Perspective | We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Khomeini also made a point to embrace the Palestinians in their fight against Israel. Iran's Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The military defections to Khomeini’s side exploded the notions that the armed forces were united behind the government. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran’s Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Khomeini moved into a former girls’ school not far from Doshan Tappeh, the headquarters of the Imperial Iranian Air Force and the site of training facilities. Perspective | We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Yasser Arafat, the leader of the overwhelmingly Sunni Palestinians, returned the favor by becoming the first leader to visit Khomeini. Iran's Islamic Revolution inspired, divided militants 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Sheikhi, then 19, spent about three months in the prison and 11 months in another after being detained for distributing anti-shah statements from Khomeini, then in exile. Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z The decision to pull back the troops followed a weekend of vicious fighting between Khomeini’s followers and government troops for control of police stations, government offices and other landmarks in the city. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Along with several cousins, he took the bus from Khomeini Shar to Isfahan. How Iran’s Greatest Director Makes Art of Moral Ambiguity 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Outside, Khomeini loyalists were mingling with the attacking guerrillas. Perspective | We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The anniversary starts every year on Feb. 1 - the day Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 returned from France after 14 years in exile to become the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran starts marking 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The anniversary starts every year on Feb. 1 — the day Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 returned from France after 14 years in exile to become the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran starts marking 40th anniversary of Islamic Revolution 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Huge crowds jammed the narrow, winding streets around Refah School, Khomeini’s headquarters. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Thirty years after Khomeini’s revolution, the Islamic republic seemed on the brink of collapse. How Iran’s Greatest Director Makes Art of Moral Ambiguity 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z We were covering a military mutiny in Tehran that culminated the next day in the fall of Iran’s 2,500-year-old monarchy and the triumph of the country’s Islamic revolution led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Perspective | We were covering the Iranian revolution. A single gunshot still haunts me. 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z TEHRAN, Iran - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home Thursday after more than 4 years of exile to pursue his dream of replacing Iran’s 2,500-year-old monarchy with an Islamic republic. AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z At a news conference during the flight from Paris, aides of Khomeini said he probably would announce his own provisional government for Iran in the next few days. AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z PLO Chief Yasser Arafat in Beirut, Lebanon, sent a message to Khomeini saying: “I pray to Allah to guide your steps on the path of faith and jihad holy war in Iran.” AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The memory of Khomeini, who died in 1989 at the age of 86, literally looms large over Tehran today. Ayatollah Khomeini’s family mostly absent from Iran politics 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Bani-Sadr said he and a group of friends fashioned or vetted the messages Khomeini delivered - based on what they were told Iranians wanted to hear. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Bani-Sadr said he and a group of friends fashioned or vetted the messages Khomeini delivered — based on what they were told Iranians wanted to hear. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z A spokesman for Khomeini conceded that, after reports reached Paris of troops taking up new positions near Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, some followers urged him to postpone his return. AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Khomeini said the enemy “still has resources for all manner of intrigues and plots.” AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Ahmad Khomeini, a 20-year-old Shiite cleric, posts images of himself in both Western attire and the black turban marking him as a direct descendent of the Prophet Muhammad. Ayatollah Khomeini’s family mostly absent from Iran politics 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Reuters archive video from the time shows Khomeini sitting on a mattress under an apple tree, Persian prayer rugs in front of him, in quiet conversation. In a quiet French village, a cleric plotted Iran's revolution 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The French offered to expel Khomeini, but the shah said no, apparently not wanting the cleric to end up anywhere near Iran. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z TEHRAN, Iran — Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home Thursday after more than 4 years of exile to pursue his dream of replacing Iran’s 2,500-year-old monarchy with an Islamic republic. AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Khomeini leads the religious opposition that feels the shah’s “westernization” of Iran has eroded Islamic values. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Yet even today, Khomeini remains a powerful figure in the minds of many Iranians. Ayatollah Khomeini’s family mostly absent from Iran politics 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z “Khomeini was incredibly placid throughout all this,” said Taylor. In a quiet French village, a cleric plotted Iran's revolution 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Jean-Claude Cousseran, the first secretary at the French Embassy in Tehran at the time, denied that France was opportunistically playing both sides or was in the dark about the weight Khomeini carried within Iran. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Khomeini was held up for a time by a crush of 300 mullahs Moslem priests, reporters and others who blocked the entrance, shoving and pushing. AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z At 5:45 p.m. the state radio said it was in the hands of Khomeini followers. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z The channel aired live footage of her arrival at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, where a crowd greeted her with flowers. Iranian state TV anchor returns to Tehran after 10 days in US detention 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The Shah eventually fled Iran on Jan. 16, 1979 and two weeks later Khomeini flew to Tehran on a chartered Air France flight, accompanied by dozens of journalists. In a quiet French village, a cleric plotted Iran's revolution 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z “There was no ignorance. Everyone knew who Khomeini was, starting with the Americans, starting with the shah,” he said. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z When Khomeini finally was able to enter the reception area, it echoed with cries of “Allah is Great” and “Khomeini is our imam,” a Moslem title meaning “divinely inspired leader.” AP WAS THERE: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Hundreds of Khomeini followers blocked streets around the Hotel Intercontinental, headquarters for most of the Western press. AP WAS THERE: Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution sweeps nation 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z She was welcomed by her colleagues in a special ceremony upon her arrival at Imam Khomeini International Airport, according to the report. US-born Iranian newscaster arrives back in Iran 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Rouhani spoke at a ceremony at the shrine of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - part of a series of events leading up to the 40th anniversary of the February 11th revolution. Iran facing the toughest economic situation in 40 years: president 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Khomeini arrived to a hero’s welcome in Tehran on Feb. 1. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The sinking also threatens vital infrastructure, like Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport. In Iran, parched lands hollowed by water pumping now sinking 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The sinking also threatens vital infrastructure, like Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport. In Iran, parched lands hollowed by water pumping now sinking 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The attack came months after the Islamic revolution forced out the country’s leader, the Western-backed shah, and replaced him with the hard-line cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z The attack came months after the Islamic Revolution forced out the country’s leader, the Western-backed shah, and replaced him with the hard-line cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Tony Mendez, ‘Argo’ spy who smuggled U.S. hostages out of Iran during crisis, dies at 78 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Bani-Sadr was a student in Paris with family ties to Khomeini when he was contacted by the cleric’s son seeking help in arranging a French exile. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z People waved portraits of Ayatollah Khomeini, the bearded Moslem leader who marshaled a broad political and religious movement that forced the shah from the country. AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z He remembers scrawling graffiti over the walls, ranging from “Viva Khomeini” to “Death to the Shah.” Shah’s last palace, secluded refuge in Iran, is now a museum 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z People waved portraits of Ayatollah Khomeini, the bearded Moslem leader who marshaled a broad political and religious movement that forced the shah from the country. AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z He remembers scrawling graffiti over the walls, ranging from “Viva Khomeini” to “Death to the Shah.” Shah’s last palace, secluded refuge in Iran, is now a museum 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Khomeini arrived at Paris’ Orly airport on Oct. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Their joy spread to other parts of the Arab world and to Paris, where the shah’s arch foe, Ayatollah Khomeini, greeted the news with the Moslem expression, “God is great.” AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Embassy in Tehran is overrun, allegedly by leftist guerrillas who later are driven off by revolutionary guardsmen loyal to Khomeini. Key moments in Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Their joy spread to other parts of the Arab world and to Paris, where the shah’s arch foe, Ayatollah Khomeini, greeted the news with the Moslem expression, “God is great.” AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Iranian state TV last week broadcast footage of the moment intelligence officers arrested Zaghari-Ratcliffe as she pushed a baggage trolley through Tehran’s Imam Khomeini international airport in April 2016. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe health fears over Iran jail hunger strike 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Bani-Sadr, in an interview with The Associated Press, said it was far from certain for Khomeini that a revolution was at hand. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Throughout Iran, cheering demonstrators held aloft portraits of Khomeini, the self-exiled Shiite Moslem leader who directed the religious opposition to the shah. AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Among those killed in the bomb attack was the second-in-command to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran’s supreme leader. Iran behind two assassinations in Netherlands – minister 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Throughout Iran, cheering demonstrators held aloft portraits of Khomeini, the self-exiled Shiite Moslem leader who directed the religious opposition to the shah. AP WAS THERE: Shah leaves Iran as 1979 revolution looms 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport and later sentenced to five years in jail for spying, a charge she vehemently denies. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe spends 40th birthday in Iranian jail 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z “For me, it was absolutely sure, but not for Khomeini and not for lots of others inside Iran,” Ban-Sadr said. Khomeini launched a revolution from a sleepy French village 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z In 1989, protests spread from Pakistan elsewhere, leading to the fatwa by Iran’s Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini against author Salman Rushdie for his depiction of Islam in his book Satanic Verses. Locked away, forgotten: Muslim Uighur wives of Pakistani men 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z In 1989, protests spread from Pakistan elsewhere, leading to the fatwa by Iran's Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini against author Salman Rushdie for his depiction of Islam in his book Satanic Verses. Locked away, forgotten: Muslim Uighur wives of Pakistani men 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z In 1979, Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 black and/or female American hostages being held at the U.S. Today in History 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Following the revolution, Khomeini used the security services, the courts and the media to choke off the MEK’s political support and then crush it entirely. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The infamous activist cited the actions of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who ordered the release of black Americans among the 1979 captives. Louis Farrakhan warns Trump war with Iran will 'end America as you know it' 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In the first 15 years after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power as supreme ruler in 1979, Iranian agents assassinated at least 60 people in four European countries. Foiled Paris bomb plot raises fears that Iran is planning attacks in Europe 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Ayatollah Khomeini died within months of declaring the death sentence. 25 Years Later, Norway Files Charges in Shooting of ‘Satanic Verses’ Publisher 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The M.E.K. was founded in Iran as a dissident group; it supported the overthrow of the shah and then opposed the clerical leadership led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that took the shah’s place. France Ties Iran to Bomb Plot, and Freezes Spy Agency Assets 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Khomeini saw the MEK as a threat to his power, barring Rajavi from running for president and casting his organisation as an enemy of Islam. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The public reaction was similar to that seen last year after Islamic State militants attacked Iran’s parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, killing 18. Iran's Revolutionary Guards may turn parade attack into political win 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z So did Islamic State, who also claimed responsibility for a 2017 attack at the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, which left 18 dead. Significance of attack on military parade in Iran 2018-09-23T04:00:00Z Islamic State militants were believed to be linked to twin strikes in June 2017 against Iran’s parliament and the shrine of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran’s 1989 Islamic revolution. Gunmen kill at least 2 dozen in attack on military parade in Iran 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z In June last year, suicide bombers attacked parliament and the mausoleum of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Khomeini, killing 18 people. Iran blames Gulf rivals for deadly attack 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z In response, the MEK and the president, Abolhassan Banisadr, who was also antagonistic to Khomeini, organised two days of protests across 30 cities – forcing Khomeini to go on television to reiterate the ban. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Last year, Islamic State militants attacked the Parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 50. 24 dead, dozens wounded as gunmen attack military parade in Iran - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z In one instance, a large picture of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, was set on fire. 'Iraq is dying': oil flows freely but corruption fuels growing anger 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Following the revolution, the MEK quickly fell out with Khomeini and launched an armed revolt against Khomeini’s new theocracy. 2 alleged agents of Iran arrested for spying in US 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Invoking the admonition of Iran’s revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to never negotiate with the United States, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “I prohibit it as well.” Iran’s Top Leader Faults Rouhani for Crisis, Saying He Crossed ‘Red Lines’ 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Khomeini rounded up thousands of MEK supporters – while his loyalists launched waves of mob violence against MEK members and sympathisers. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z He laughed off the 1989 fatwa by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie as “an extreme form of literary criticism.” V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z He laughed off the 1989 fatwa by Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini against Salman Rushdie as “an extreme form of literary criticism.” V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z “Death to inflation! Death to unemployment!” crowds chanted in one video shared recently on social media, adapting the “Death to America!” refrain popularized in the 1980s by Iran’s first Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iranians Protest Economic Woes as New U.S. Sanctions Loom 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z After Salman Rushdie published “The Satanic Verses,” in 1988, the Ayatollah Khomeini, of Iran, declared the book blasphemous and issued a fatwa urging Muslims to murder him. How a Notorious Gangster Was Exposed by His Own Sister 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z The well-armed middle-class guerrillas, although popular among religious students and intellectuals, would prove to be no match for Khomeini’s organisation and ruthlessness. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z The article did not mention that the documents in question dated from the Qajar dynasty, long before the Islamic Republic was even a gleam in Ayatollah Khomeini’s eye. Her Husband Was a Princeton Graduate Student. Then He Was Taken Prisoner in Iran. 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The Shiite theocracy’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, 30 years ago calling for respect of transgender people, opening the way for official support for gender transition surgery. Transgender people in Iran face discrimination despite fatwa 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Reagan traded arms to the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran to defeat Carter, then Reagan backed Saddam Hussein's unprovoked invasion of Iran, which cost the two sides the lives of millions of dead soldiers and citizens. U.S. Takes a Risk: Old Iraqi Enemies Are Now Allies 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, declared Israel an “enemy of Islam” and cut all ties. AP Explains: Unprecedented tension between Iran and Israel 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z After it fought back, killing more than 70 senior leaders of the Islamic republic – including the president and Iran’s chief justice – in audacious bomb attacks, Khomeini ordered a violent crackdown on MEK members and sympathisers. Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Last June, six Iranian Zolfaghar missiles targeted Islamic State group positions in Syria in revenge for an IS-claimed attack on the Iranian parliament and the mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini, the Islamic Republic’s founder. AP Analysis: Iran has few options to avenge Syria strikes 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z After consulting with doctors, Khomeini sanctioned gender-transition surgery in a groundbreaking fatwa. Transgender people in Iran face discrimination despite fatwa 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z |
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