The shooting on Monday night near the Imam Ali Mosque also claimed the lives of ... processions and worshippers in countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it has never before claimed ...

Previously known as the Shah Mosque, the Imam Khomeini ... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led opposition to the Shah and demanded his removal. In 1964, Khomeini was exiled to Iraq, while Khamenei faced ...