Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies at 88

The family of Abolhassan Banisadr in a statement says he died at a hospital in Paris after a long illness.

In pictures: Quds Day rallies denounce Israel, its ally US

Protesters in Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Gaza, and Syria hold pro-Palestinian rallies in an annual show of support.

Let’s stop pretending Iran is anything but an imperialist power

The leaked Iranian cables show that Iran has outmanoeuvred the US in Iraq, but the tragedy is that Iraqis are perpetual victims of imperialism.

Forty Years of the Iranian Revolution: Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran

Part II: The Return - this is the second in a series of articles that looks at how the Iranian Revolution came to be in 1979, and where it has led Iran over the course of four decades.

Forty Years of the Iranian Revolution: 'The Shah is Gone'

Part I: The Day the Shah Left - this is the first in a series of articles that looks at how the Iranian Revolution came to be in 1979, and where it has led Iran over the course of four decades.

Iran arrests more suspects after Tehran attacks

Iranian security forces killed the mastermind behind the Wednesday's twin attacks claimed by Daesh.

US and Saudi Arabia "involved" in Tehran attacks, say Iran's Guards

The statement by the Revolutionary Guards comes hours after attacks on Tehran's parliament and shrine of revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini that killed 12 people and injured over 40.