President says Rouhani says US totally failed to bring Tehran to its knees via economic war

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the economic war waged by the United States against the Islamic Republic has totally failed and all measures taken by Washington to bring Tehran to its knees have been proven futile.

President Rouhani says enemies cannot speak to Iranians with ‘language of force, threat’

In his message to the nation on the occasion of the Persian New Year or Nowruz on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani has commended the patience and perseverance of the great Iranian nation, saying the enemies have admitted that they cannot speak to the Iranian people with the language of force, threats and sanctions.

Leader says Iran’s Islamic Revolution continuation of Prophet’s path

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, inspired by the path of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, countered arrogance and tyranny in support of oppressed people, prompting the world’s villains and criminals to mobilize and try, albeit in vain, to confront the movement.

When did Imam Khomeini let out the cry of "Black Lives Matter"?

One of the stated goals of the Islamic Revolution of Iran led by Imam Khomeini in 1979 was to fight against racism and to support people of color. What did the Islamic Revolution do to prove this claim? Did Imam Khomeini fulfill his promise?

Palestinians to prosecute Britain over 1917 Balfour Declaration

Khashoggi's assassins flew on planes under control of MBS

Talks will begin once US, JCPOA signatories return to compliance

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.