Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Biography, Imam Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Musavi and Hajieh Agha Khanum, Ayatollah Khomeini

In: Famous Men, Genre By Continents, Genre By People, Genre By Status, Middle Eastern Famous Politics Figures, Most Influential People, Religious Leaders

Ruhollah Mousavi whose given name means “inspired of God” was born into a family of Shi’ite religious scholars in the small Iranian village of Khomein. When Ha’iri died in the 1930s, the Ayatollah Boroujerdi succeeded him as the most important Islamic figure in Qom. Khomeini is also well known for releasing a fatwa (a legal document issued by a Muslim cleric) calling for the death of Indian-British author Salman Rushdie for his book The Satanic Verses in 1989. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Biography. Read more

Sadaf Khadem Biography, Iranian Boxer, Sadaf Khadem Biography and Profile, Iran, Iran Sports

In: Famous Women, Genre By Continents, Genre By People, Genre By Status, Middle Eastern Famous Politics Figures, Most Influential People, Sports Celebrity

Sadaf Khadem, born in 1995, and she is the first Iranian woman ever to take part in an official boxing match. Some women fight but the bouts are illegal and being held in Turkey with no medical insurance. Little by little she became Iran’s only professional female boxer. “My parents were worried when I started boxing but they saw I was really loving it so now they are supporting me. I’m now steaming ahead,” said Khadem. Sadaf Khadem Biography and Profile. Read more