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Bookmark or Share- Israel-Iran conflict: Its origins explained, and what could happen next ...The origins of the rivalry between the Islamic Republic and the Jewish State traces back to the overthrow of Israel’s close ally, the authoritarian Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, by Ayatollah Rohullah Khomeini’s forces in Iran in 1979. Read more at Monash Lens.
- April 18, 2024 - Iran targeted in aerial attack - CNN InternationalFlights have resumed at Mehrabad Airport and Imam Khomeini International Airport, the two major airports in Iran's capital, Tehran, after being suspended earlier today.
- Knife: Salman Rushdie's 'mesmeric memoir' of brutal attackWhen Salman Rushdie attended a literary event in upstate New York on the morning of 12 August 2022, it had been 33 years since the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa for his novel "The Satanic Verses ...
- Iranian Revolution | Summary, Causes, Effects, & FactsDuring his exile, Khomeini coordinated this upsurge of opposition—first from Iraq and after 1978 from France—demanding the shah’s abdication. In January 1979, in what was officially described as a “vacation,” the shah and his family fled Iran. The Regency Council established to run the country during the shah’s absence proved unable to function, and Prime Minister Shahpur Bakhtiar ...
- Iran: How Ayatollah Khamenei became its most powerful manAyatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran's spiritual leader and its highest authority - he has the final say over all government matters in the country. The 80-year-old cleric became Supreme Leader in 1989 ...
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