Leader says martyrs should serve as role models for Iran’s youth

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed those who sacrificed their lives to help foil the conspiracies of Iran’s enemies and pave the way for the Islamic establishment to achieve its goals, saying the martyrs should serve as a role model for the country’s young generation.

Members of the National Congress tasked with honoring of 4000-martyrs of Yazd province with the ...

Leader designates the new Iranian calendar year of 1400 as the year of “Production

European firms sued for aiding Saddam’s chemical attacks against Iranians

Sardasht, a small city in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province, was targeted by Saddam’s Iraq on June 28, 1987, when Iraqi bombers attacked four densely populated parts of Sardasht with fatal chemical gasses.

Imam Khomeini passed through several dangers

A memoir by late Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Imam Khomeini marked the beginning of a whole new era for the nation

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 was one of the most important uprisings in modern political history, an event which still shapes the world. After enduring decades of economic exploitation under the British, followed by a CIA and MI6 coup in 1953 to overthrow Iranian PM Mossadegh and replace him with Western-backed monarch the Shah, Iran finally stood up to Britain and the United States. Iranians took to the streets by the millions, regained its sovereignty as well control over its natural resources and dealt a heavy blow to imperialism, setting the stage for resistance and anti-imperialist movements to this day.

Cleaning and decorating the shrines of martyrs at Behest-e-Zahra cemetery

Month of Bahman reminds of glorious epic of Iranian nation

The Iranian month of Bahman is a reminder of the glorious epic of the Iranian nation that will be remembered and celebrated across years and generations to come.