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The late Imam Khomeini remains one of the most influential religious and political figures of the 20th century, remembered for leading the Islamic Revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy into an Islamic Republic in 1979. Born Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini on September 24, 1902, in the town of Khomein, about 350 kilometres south of Tehran, Imam Khomeini’s life was marked …

Donald Trump has said the US military has bombed a small island off the coast of Iran – home to a major oil terminal that is considered the country’s economic lifeline. The US president said Kharg Island’s military facilities were “totally obliterated” but that it had held off targeting its oil infrastructure. Trump, however, warned that he would reconsider the …

Iran’s architecture of internet control is built on technologies from China, according to an analysis published by a British human rights organization, according to reports by British newspaper, The Guardian. The report by Article 19 says the technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China and a Chinese alternative to the US-based GPS system, BeiDou. The report outlines the policies …