Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

30 years after fatwa, author Salman Rushdie says he doesn't want to hide, admits 'things are fine now'

Like a kind of reverse Valentine, Tehran renewed the fatwa year after year. Rushdie, who some say is the greatest writer India has produced since Tagore, spent 13 years living under a false name and constant police protection

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says they killed mastermind of parade attack that left 25 dead in September

The Guards said in a statement published on state media their forces had killed a man named Abu Zaha and four other militants in Diyala province in Iraq. One news website run by Iran's state television said Abu Zaha was a member of Islamic State.

Attack on Iran military parade kills 9, injures 20; state media blame Sunni militants for incident

Four militants carried out the attack and two of them were killed, according to Iran state media. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack in the city of Ahvaz.

Iran hangs eight men in connection with 2017 Islamic State attack on Parliament, shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

Iran executed eight men who were connected to the 2017 Islamic State attack on parliament and on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's shrine

Iran court sentences eight men to death over Islamic State attacks that killed 18 people in 2017

An Iranian court on Sunday sentenced eight men to death over attacks that killed 18 people at the parliament and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in 2017

Iranian dissident, former foreign minister Ebrahim Yazdi dies of cancer at 85

Iran's official <em>IRNA </em>news agency says one of the country's most influential dissident politicians who once served as foreign minister, Ebrahim Yazdi, has died. He was 85.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has hit Syria in response for Tehran attacks

Tehran: Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has launched a series of missile strikes on eastern Syria over Islamic State-claimed attacks on Tehran.

Following attack on Parliament, Iran warns Islamic State in Syria; future attacks on Tehran will evoke powerful response

After firing missiles targeting the Islamic State in Syria, Iran issued a warning to Islamic State militants, saying that any future attack will result in more powerful launches.

Iran terror attacks: Khamenei lashes out at US, Saudi Arabia; says such acts will reinforce hatred

Iran's supreme leader hit out at the United States and Saudi Arabia during the funerals for those slain in the first attacks in the country

Iran to boycott Frankfurt Book Fair after Salman Rushdie invited as guest speaker

Iran on Wednesday said that it will boycott next week's Frankfurt Book Fair after organisers invited the controversial author Salman Rushdie, whom Iranian scholars said should be killed, as a guest speaker.