Legacy of a revolution: Objectives of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and significance

Leader urges nation to ‘frustrate enemy’ with massive rallies on Islamic Revolution anniversary

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on the Iranian nation to demonstrate its will and steadfastness on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, saying such unity would frustrate the country’s enemy.

Imam Khomeini led revolution against US-backed oppression of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

On February 1, 1979 after years of exile, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini, returned to Iran.

Shah's escape marked turning point in revolution victory under Imam Khomeini's wise leadership

The Shah fled the country on 26 Day (Janurary 16, 1979), two days after calling to meeting the Council of Monarchy and obtaining vote of confidence for Bakhtiar’s cabinet.

Leader hails mass nationwide rallies as blow to enemy plots

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised nationwide rallies in support of the Islamic Republic, saying the mass turnout “made history” and foiled the enemies' plot to destabilize the country through their domestic agents.

Imam’s famous lectures laid out his ideas on Islamic governance

Aban 13 and Iran’s enduring struggle for sovereignty against global arrogance

On the 13th of Aban, corresponding to November 4 -- a date etched in the collective memory of the Iranian nation -- the unwavering spirit of resistance against oppression and foreign domination finds its most potent expression, marking a pivotal moment in history that helped shape the destiny of the Islamic Republic.

Today marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of Saddam's Ba'athist regime's aggression ...

Today marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the Imposed War, an eight-year war of aggression launched by Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime against the Islamic Republic of Iran that would become one of the longest conventional wars of the twentieth century.