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Salman Rushdie speaking in Sao Paulo on May 14, 2014. (Flickr/Greg Salibian/CC BY-SA)
February 11, 2019, 8:23 am
‘I don’t want to hide,’ says Rushdie, 30 years after fatwa
Iranian death sentence that sent the famed Indo-British author into years of hiding launched a new era of ‘competitive intolerance’ targeting writers, says rights advocate
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Hezbollah supporters hold images of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenai, during celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in Beirut on February 6, 2019. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
February 10, 2019, 8:26 pm
Iran’s revolution: Political quake still shaking Middle East
Ousting the shah in 1979 upended regional order, and continues to shape events today in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon
By Kay Armin Serjoie and Marc Jourdier
In this photo from October 9, 1978, Iranian protesters demonstrate against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo, File)
February 1, 2019, 2:32 pm
Key dates since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution
From takeover of American embassy to Trump’s nuclear deal withdrawal, hostile ties with US have been a defining feature of the Islamic Republic
By AFP
The tomb of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, on the 40th anniversary of his return from exile from in Paris, at his mausoleum in southern Tehran, on February 1, 2019. (Stringer/AFP)
February 1, 2019, 1:03 pm
Crowds chant ‘death to Israel’ as Iran marks 40 years since Islamic Revolution
Thousands gather at tomb of Islamic Republic’s founder Khomeini on the anniversary of his return from exile; senior cleric rails against US
By Agencies
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