•  Iran marks September 8th uprising

    Iran marks September 8th uprising

    Sep 08, 2023 09:53

    Iranians have been remembering a bloodshed by the country's former regime, which has come to be known as Black Friday. The massacre took place on September 8, 1978, about 6 months before the Islamic Revolution.

  • Ayatollah Khamenei, best successor of Imam Khomeini

    Ayatollah Khamenei, best successor of Imam Khomeini

    Jun 05, 2023 10:43

    Transfer of power from a leader to another is often tense in different countries. In Iran, however, just one day after the passing away of Imam Khomeini (God's mercy upon him), his successor became the leader. On June 4, 1989, the Assembly of Experts appointed Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the leadership of the Islamic Revolution in a legal and constitutional way without any tension.

  • June 5th Uprising, starting point of Islamic Revolution

    June 5th Uprising, starting point of Islamic Revolution

    Jun 05, 2023 10:34

    Iran’s contemporary history has gone through several critical junctures. Yet the uprising on 5th of June 1963 was undoubtedly one of the most important of them. Many researchers of Iran’s modern history believe that this uprising was the onset of the great Islamic Revolution.

  • President Raeisi urges greater cultural efforts to highlight 15 Khordad Uprising

    President Raeisi urges greater cultural efforts to highlight 15 Khordad Uprising

    Jun 05, 2023 07:07

    President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi calls for greater cultural work to elucidate the root causes and motives behind a popular 1963 uprising against a US-installed brutal dictator that culminated in the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

  • Iranians mark 34th passing away anniversary of Imam Khomeini

    Iranians mark 34th passing away anniversary of Imam Khomeini

    Jun 05, 2023 01:09

    Iranians have marked the 34th passing away anniversary of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini (God's mercy upon him). People from all walks of life flocked to Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum in Tehran to take part in the commemoration ceremony.