Under the reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran, once America and Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, became their bitterest enemy ...

As the distribution of power shifts in the region, with Iran losing relative power and Israel and Turkey emerging on top, an intensified rivalry between Tel Aviv and Ankara is not a question of if, ...

The 28-year-old great-grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of Iran’s Islamic Republic, was standing on a balcony in Tehran in the middle of the night on Tuesday as sounds of ...

For years, Khomeini adamantly rejected any thought of compromise. Then, in July 1988, he realised that Iran could take no more and, in his words, drank the “cup of poison” and allowed a truce.

BBC journalist and author Baqer Moin, in his book Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah, writes that Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi left Kintoor around 1830, drawn to Najaf, Iraq, for pilgrimage.

Iran accelerates hunt for successor after Israeli attacks Two top candidates include Khamenei's son Mojtaba, insiders say Potential rival Hassan Khomeini could present more moderate face Supreme ...