He was a close confidante of the leader who emerged after the revolution - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - and Mr Khamenei quickly rose through the ranks of government. After other key political figures were assassinated - with Mr Khamenei himself targeted in a separate attempt, leaving h...
Iran's Leader Khamenei Says Tehran Is Not a Threat to Any Country: TV More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei visits the grave of Imam Iran's late founder of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on the occasion of the anniversary of K...
NICOSIA, Cyprus —The late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s order calling for the death of author Salman Rushdie must be carried out, Iran’s spiritual leader said today. In London, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher condemned today’s sermon by the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said it was “...
The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who described the book as an insult to Islam and the faith’s Prophet Mohammed, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for Rushdie’s death in 1989. Salman Rushdie, seen here at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2019 in Cheltenham, ...
“the One God (Allah)” holds “exclusive sovereignty” over the country. The Islamic oligarchs took power after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. His replacement, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has placed his family and allies into high government posts and controls the elected president...