More than four decades of Resistance against global arrogance

The triple events of November the 4th began in 1964, when Imam Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution of Iran was exiled to Turkey for accusing the King, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of affiliation with the US. Years later in 1978, tens of Iranian school children were killed as they protested against the Shah for the same reason. And finally, a year later, Students of university age fearing that the revolution would be thwarted by American interference, took over the US embassy in Tehran. Imam Khomeini eventually called the takeover “A second revolution”.Iran-America relations were once famous. But as they turned sour over 40 years ago, the non-relations became as famous and has stuck till today. The turning point was Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. But the western superpower, America, and the west Asian regional power, Iran, were never friends on an equal standing.

US, allies accomplices to Saddam’s chemical attacks on Iran

On April 10, 1988, Saddam Hussein's warplanes unleashed chemical attacks on the Iranian city of Marivan, Kurdistan. Many civilians were killed and injured. Thirty-three years later, some victims are still suffering from the physical and psychological consequences of those attacks.

Condolences pour in after passing of legendary Iranian singer

Numerous foreign and Iranian officials have offered their heartfelt messages of condolence over the recent passing of legendary classical Iranian music singer, Maestro Mohammad-Reza Shajarian.

Iran loses living legend maestro Mohammad-Reza Shajarian to cancer

Iran loses legendary maestro, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, the country’s most prominent and internationally-acclaimed vocalist in the area of traditional Persian music, to kidney cancer.

Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said dies, Muscat declares national mourning

Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said dies at the age of 79 after around half a century at the helm of the state amid a battle with resurgent colorectal cancer.

US activists come under FBI scrutiny after Iran visit

The co-founder of Code Pink, a grassroots anti-war NGO based in the US, says she and a colleague have come under scrutiny by the FBI after returning from a visit to Iran. Media Benjamin told The Real News Network on Sunday that she and Mary Ann Wright, a retired United States Army colonel and retired US State Department official, had got "called to a secondary screening."

Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, a devotee of Imam ...

Former Iranian FM Ebrahim Yazdi passes away

Ebrahim Yazdi, a senior Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister in the Islamic Republic’s interim government in 1979, has passed away