Iran court holds first trial session over US-orchestrated 1953 coup

An Iranian court has begun the trial of the US administration and its officials over the 1953 coup against the democratically-elected government of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh.

Leader says Israel will be 'punished' for attack on Iran's consulate Wednesday

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Israeli regime “must be punished and will be punished” for its deadly strike on the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus.

Iran marks anniversary of 1953 coup , Imam Khomeini on several occasions strongly denounced US, UK ...

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic, in his historic addresses and statements denounced the 1953 coup against the then elected Iranian government.

Intl. Quds Day unifies people, mobilizes masses in Muslim world: IHRC chairman

International Quds Day brings people together and mobilizes masses in the Muslim world to stand up in solidarity with the Palestinians, the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) chairman has said.

How do we differentiate between Imam Khomeini's Fatwa for execution of Salman Rushdie and the acts ...

Imam reacted on-time to blasphemous contents of Rushdie book

In February 1989, Imam Khomeini issued a fatwa – a death sentence – on apostate Rushdie.

ran summons French envoy over ‘insulting’ Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Iran’s foreign ministry on Wednesday summoned the French ambassador in Tehran to protest the insulting act by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in publishing caricatures of the country’s top religious authority.

Leader says 1953 coup, not embassy takeover, ‘starting point’ in US-Iran row

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has dismissed as a “lie” the US assertion that the 1979 takeover of their embassy in Tehran is what set off the ongoing dispute between Iran and the United States, saying the "starting point" of the row goes back to the CIA-orchestrated coup of 1953.