The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.

Western-backed groups committed act of terrorism in Iran

The Hafte Tir bombing, which killed over seventy senior Iranian officials, including Chief Justice Dr. Mohammad Beheshti, then Iran's second-highest official. Two months later of the same year, former President Mohammad Ali Rajaei and then-Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, also lost their lives in a bombing in the capital, Tehran, 36 years ago.

Imam Khomeini stressed alliance between politics and ethics

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of Islamic Republic stressed through his works that ethics and politics are closely associated with each other.

President Abbas rejects Trump’s Palestine deal as ‘humiliating blackmail’

Imam Khomeini considered unity as a prerequisite to saving Palestine

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic had considered the issue of Palestine as one that was related to the very existence of Islam, and stressed it was a problem which concerned the Islamic world as a whole.

Watch: Leader's speech at Imam Khomeini’s 30th passing anniversary

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says opponents have made many desperate efforts made over the past decades to fade Imam’s goals, but the fact is that Imam’s attractions have been increased.

Leading figures say Imam Khomeini left lasting impression on the world

The victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 under the wise leadership of Imam Khomeini had been an unprecedented and matchless event of the contemporary era, which left lasting impression on the globe from various perspectives.

President Rouhani says Iran forced US to back down

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has hailed the steadfastness of the Iranian nation in its tough battle against the United States over the past year, saying standing against Washington’s pressure caused it to back down from its previous position of seeking to topple the Iranian government.