He appointed Shapour Bakhtiar from the National Front of Iran as prime minister in an attempt to appease revolutionaries. He agreed to all of Bakhtiar’s conditions, including ceding full authority to ...

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Iran’s Islamic Revolution, returned to his country on Thursday, February 1, ...

The largely peaceful Constitutional Revolution of 1906 forced the Iranian shah at that time to declare Iran a constitutional monarchy with legislative powers vested in a majles, or parliament. The ...

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Hours before Donald Trump's inauguration, Iran launches massive military drills near its borders. Featuring UAVs like Mohajer drones, Fajr missiles, and advanced artillery, the IRGC showcased its ...

Twenty-two-year-old Mohammed Shah Pahlavi, the Allies’ straw man in Iran, proved last week that he is not too young to understand affairs. In his first statement for the U.S. press, he made ...

Bagheri highlighted that Iran has begun implementing measures to secure its borders with Pakistan, and ensuring that all ...

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Thirteen years ago, when tubby, profligate Sultan Ahmad, Shah of Persia ... who by this time had ordered Persia to be called Iran, heard that his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary ...