Iran’s Supreme Leader remains the most powerful office in the Islamic Republic, but its origins trace back to the dramatic 1979 Iranian Revolution. From Ayatollah Khomeini’s rise to the constitutional ...
On the morning of Oct. 31, 1978, Iran’s 19-year-old crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, stood beside President Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office. Officially, he was the heir to one of America’s closest allies ...