Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini was a Muslim cleric and Marja, and the political leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution of Iran which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn’t ...

Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author - The British-American novelist was seriously wounded ...

They are unlikely, however, to hear about a fatwa issued by the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for Rushdie’s death, according to District Attorney Jason Schmidt.

Rushdie, the author of “Midnight’s Children” and “Victory City,” spent years in hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for his death with a fatwa in 1989 ...

Rushdie had worried for his safety since his 1989 novel "The Satanic Verses" was denounced as blasphemous by many Muslims and ...

Born on or around 1900, Khomeini ruled Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. A leading religious authority, he became a rallying point for opposition to the Shah, who exiled him to Turkey in 1964.

Ruhollah Khomeini, a Shiite cleric, along with his follower Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led opposition to the Shah and demanded his removal. In 1964, Khomeini was exiled to Iraq, while Khamenei faced ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first ...

Tehran regime at its most vulnerable point since its establishment in 1979 Widespread anti-regime protests erupted across Iran on Sunday night as the Islamic Republic marked its 46th anniversary ...