While the first three parts of the series explored the history of Shiite Islam and how the lack of an earthly imam formed ...

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

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

The remnants of an ancient community face a new age of anxiety after decades of uneasy coexistence with the mullahs’ regime.

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the public face of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, won over many supporters in the West despite his brutality. His image as a Muslim saint was in large part the result ...

This decision, made quietly, cautiously, and with the best of intentions, reshaped the fate of a nation and the entire region ...

Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, a descendant of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told The Times that the legacy of his family name was at stake in the conflict.

Israel-Iran war, an unexpected village in India has entered global focus. Kintoor, a village in Uttar Pradesh, is the ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — the architect of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iran’s first Supreme Leader -- has his roots firmly planted in India's Uttar Pradesh ...

Two frontrunners have emerged in the succession discussions, the five insiders said: Khamenei's 56-year-old son Mojtaba, long ...

Israel has confirmed it had nursed plans to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A spot report from 1989 on ...

Israel and the United States say that their attacks on Iran are for the benefit of its women. Iranian feminists couldn’t ...