Among all of the original leaders of the Iranian Revolution of 1979, there are few who have been more influential than Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, universally known as Akbar Hashemi ...

Marking his birth anniversary, the extensive biography "Alif-Lam-e Khomeini" unveils unprecedented detail, chronicling the ...

1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January 16, 1979 – The Shah flees Iran and goes to Egypt. February 1, 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns ...

TEHRAN, IranTEHRAN, Iran — Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran’s first president after the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as ...

VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini betrayed the principles of the Iranian revolution after sweeping to power in 1979, his first president told Reuters, leaving a "very bitter" ...

NEAUPHLE-LE-CHATEAU, FranceNEAUPHLE-LE-CHATEAU, France — From a sleepy village outside Paris, the man who would become the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran sat cross-legged beneath an ...

Here’s a look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 US citizens were held captive for 444 days. 1978 – Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi’s authoritarian rule sparks demonstrations and riots. January ...

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, Banisadr once said. “For me, it was ...

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