Imam Khomeini invited Gorbachev to embrace Islam in 1989 letter

Two years before the fall of the Soviet Union, its leader Mikhail Gorbachev would receive a letter from the Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, inviting him to embrace Islam. In the letter Imam said that your main problem is the prolonged and futile war you have waged against God, the source of existence and creation.

Government week commemorates the memory of dear martyrs and loyalists of Imam and Islamic ...

We commemorate the memory of dear martyrs, Martyr [Mohammad Ali] Rajaei and Martyr [Mohammad Javad] Bahonar. Well, the Government Week has been marked since many years ago.

Iran hails Iraqis’ tactfulness, says always rooting for a stable, powerful Iraq

As the political turmoil in Iraq subsides, Iran says it wants the neighboring Arab country to be stable and powerful, lauding the wisdom shown by all sides in overcoming the “great sedition.”

Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet Union president, dies aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s former president, has died at a hospital in Moscow at age 91, following a draw-out struggle with various health problems.

Iran marks anniversary of 1981 bombing at then-prime minister’s office

The Islamic Republic of Iran is marking the anniversary of the assassination of former President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and then-Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, who lost their lives in a bombing in the capital, Tehran, 41 years ago.

'Iran’s review of US response to EU nuclear deal text underway, will conclude by weekend'

US military tankers smuggle crude oil from Syria’s Hasakah to bases in Iraq: Report

The US military has smuggled crude oil from Syria to bases in Iraq as Washington continues to loot energy resources in the war-ravaged country, says Syria’s official news agency SANA.

Iran marks CIA-orchestrated 1953 coup d'état, slams US as ‘record-holder’ in wars, coups

Tehran says the United States is a record-holder of interfering in the affairs of independent states, naming the US-orchestrated coup of 1953 in Iran as an instance of that “dark history.”