Operation Mersad: How Iran foiled Saddam's final gambit 38 years ago

Today marks the 38th anniversary of Operation Mersad, the legendary and highly successful military counteroffensive through which the Islamic Republic of Iran dismantled the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terror cult and permanently ended Saddam Hussein's delusional aspirations of military victory over Iran.

The architect of Islamic awakening and global anti-imperialist resistance

Thirty-seven years after his passing, the name of Imam Ruhollah Mosavi Khomeini continues to resonate far beyond Iran’s borders as the chief architect of an Islamic awakening and a global icon of resistance against arrogant Western powers.

Leader hails mass nationwide rallies as blow to enemy plots

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised nationwide rallies in support of the Islamic Republic, saying the mass turnout “made history” and foiled the enemies' plot to destabilize the country through their domestic agents.

From 1953 coup to post-1979 failed plots by global arrogance

Seventy-two years ago today, on August 19, 1953, Iran witnessed an Anglo-American-engineered coup that toppled its democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and reinstated the monarchical rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Voice of Imam Khomeini

(Italian channel in a special report on the occasion of Imam's passing)

Imam Khomeini received constant stream of reporters, supporters during exile period

Imam Khomeini was, in fact, constantly, and acutely aware of the connections between Iranian affairs and those of the Muslim world in general and the Arab lands and Palestinian issue in particular. During the last few months of his exile, Imam Khomeini received a constant stream of reporters, supporters, and notables, eager to hear the spiritual leader of the revolution. Imam Khomeini, the late founder of Islamic Republic raised the banner of defending Palestinians even years before the victory of Islamic Revolution under his victory.

Imam Khomeini's interview in holy city of Najaf despite restrictions

Imam Khomeini's supporters managed for international media to conduct interview with him at difficult juncture of history when Imam's house subject to severe restriction during exile in the holy city of Najaf.

Impact and influence of the Iranian revolution on global geopolitics