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.

Islamic Revolution turned Iran into democracy

American professor Richard Anderson Falk says the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran that toppled a US-backed regime turned the country into a democracy.

Iran blocks Saudi regime, UAE from joining UN disarmament talks

Iran has prevented Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from participating in the Conference on Disarmament as observers over the two regimes’ war crimes during their campaign of aggression against Yemen.

Rouhani says US election result shows people fed up with Trump administration

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the result of the recent presidential election in the United States shows that not just other countries but also the American people themselves are fed up with the wrong policies of the incumbent US administration.

President Rouhani: Iranian nation will continue resistance

President Hassan Rouhani has hoped that the new US administration will take a lesson from the Iranian nation’s resistance against Washington’s "economic terrorism".

Iran stresses sovereignty over trio of Persian Gulf islands at UNSC

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has reiterated the country’s sovereignty over three Persian Gulf islands, saying those territories have always been and will always remain Iranian.

Hundreds of Palestinian children ethnically cleansed by Israel as world remains silent

Imam Khomeini didn’t make any personal gain from revolution and state: Hezbollah Official

In an interview with Al-Manar TV Channel, Sayyed Ibrahim Amin Al-Sayyed added that what Ayatollah Khomeini did provided the revolution with legitimacy, stressing that the Imam did not utilize from the revolution and the state in Iran for personal use.