On the anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Iran's armed forces vowed to defend the revolution 'until death.' This statement reaffirms the country's commitment to its revolutionary principles.

At 86 years old, Ali Khamenei had been Iran's supreme leader since 1989, succeeding the founder of the Islamic Republic, the first Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

As the Taoiseach flies to the United States, history shows that it is actually Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who ironically threw Ireland and America intimately together.

US President Donald Trump says Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is dead”. His claim came hours after Israel and the US launched an attack on Iran and followed reports quoting Israeli officials as saying that Khamenei had been assassinated. But, subsequent Iranian media reports said that Khamenei was “steadfast and firm in commanding the field”. Khamenei, 86, became Iran’s highest authority in 1989, following the death of the Islamic Republic’s founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran on February 1, 1979, establishing an Islamic Republic, an event whose consequences continue to impact the Middle East.