Here’s a look at the life of the late former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. Personal:Birth date: April 28, 1937 Death date: December 30, 2006 Birth place: Tikrit, Iraq Birth name: Saddam Hussein Abd ...

Hadi Matar, a New Jersey man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie, is now on trial. The case spans the history of modern terrorism.

Senior Hamas leaders met with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country's president Masoud Pezeshkian on ...

Echoing Salami’s sentiments, Ayatollah Khomeini’s grandson, Hojjatoleslam Seyyed Hassan Khomeini, praised the IRGC’s role in safeguarding Iran’s sovereignty. He lauded Operation True Promise II as “a ...

On the anniversary of the historic pledging allegiance of Air Force commanders with Ayatollah Khomeini (known as the Homafaran Allegiance) on February 8, 1979, a large number of the commanders and ...

Between January 1978 and February 11, 1979, the Muslim revolutionary people of Iran, under the wise leadership of Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeini, the Founder of the Islamic Revolution, voiced their ...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first such ...

IRNA reported that Hamas leaders congratulated Khamenei on the upcoming anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which brought his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, to power.

Rushdie spent years in hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa in 1989 over the Rushdie novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider ...

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Iran is celebrating the 45th anniversary of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Camera: ABEDIN ...

Rushdie, who was raised in a Muslim Kashmiri family, went into hiding under the protection of British police in 1989 after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader, pronounced "The ...