Imam Khomeini was considered a Marja-e taqlid to many Muslims, and in Iran was officially addressed as Imam rather than Grand Ayatollah; his supporters adhered to this convention. Imam Khomeini was ...

Senior Hamas leaders met with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country's president Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday, coinciding with the Iran-backed militant group's fifth ...

The Ayatollah Khomeini, the current regime’s founder ... the Iranian paramilitary leader killed in a U.S. drone strike, to his social-media accounts. Vice News reported that Western officials ...

Khomeini was a marja or marja al-taqlid ("source of emulation", also known as a Grand Ayatollah) in Twelver Shi'a Islam, but is most famous for his political role. In his writings and preachings ...