The ‘forgotten’ US shootdown of Iranian airliner Flight 655­

Today marks twenty-nine years since the shootdown by the USS Vincennes of Iran Air flight 655, which killed all of the plane’s 290 civilian passengers. This shootdown of a civilian airliner by a US naval ship occurred on July 3, 1988, toward the end of the eight-year Iran-Iraq War.

Leader designated new Iranian calendar year of 1398 as the year of "Pick-up in Production."

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered congratulations to Iranians on the occasion of Nowruz, and called on the government and the nation to boost production in the country.

Nowruz on the streets in Iran

People in Iran are celebrating the start of the Persian New Year, which has since ancient times been set on the Iranian calendar to coincide with the coming of the spring.

Imam Khomeini always kept remembering God

Imam Khomeini explained various perspectives of humans

Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic described various material and spiritual perspectives of human beings. Imam Khomeini has undertaken very serious discussions in this regard.

Imam Khomeini kept remembering God amid air in airplane

A memoirs mentions that Imam Khomeini had kept remembering God the Almighty amid air in the airplane while making a historic return to his homeland nearly spending 15 years in exile.

Imam Khomeini was particularly careful in observing the right of the people

Imam Khomeini Idea of Basij Insured Revolution

The founder of the Islamic Republic insured and shielded the values of the Islamic Revolution by establishing the institution and mobilizing volunteer forces.