Imam Khomeini reminded nation of important lessons about 1953 coup

Iran is remembering the anniversary of the 1953 coup against the government of then democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.

Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

Reversing earlier U.S. policy, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the CIA to instigate a coup d'état in Tehran that led to the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammed Mosaddeq and his government on this day in 1953.

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Nigeria’s Sheikh Zakzaky, wife arrive in India for treatment

Nigeria’s Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife have arrived in India to receive medical care for the injuries they sustained in a brutal raid by Nigerian forces in 2015, when the couple was arrested to spend the next four years in detention.

Historical links between constitutional movement and Islamic revolution

Almost 40 years have passed since the day the 2500-year empire in Iran was changed into an Islamic republic following the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Tyranny won't last: Leader reacts to Bahrain executions

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned Bahraini rulers that their tyrannical regime is not going to last much longer, after the ruling Al Khalifah regime tortured and executed two young protesters.

Muslims boycott Hajj over Saudi crown prince’s policies: Foreign Policy

The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.