In 1982, [[Iran]] issued a stamp in his honor, showing him shouting defiantly from behind bars.<ref name=kramer>{{cite journal|last=Kramer|first=Martin|title=Nation and Assassination in the Middle East|journal=Middle East Quarterly|date=Summer 2004|volume=XI|issue=3|pages=59–63|url=http://www.meforum.org/638/nation-and-assassination-in-the-middle-east|access-date=13 August 2013}}</ref> In addition, Iran had named a street after him in [[Tehran]]. However, [[Islamic City Council of Tehran|Tehran City Council]] decided to rename that street to "Intifada" (Uprising) in 2004, in order to improve [[Egypt–Iran relations|relations with Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/tehran-renames-street-to-improve-egypt-ties-1.965436 |title=Tehran renames street to improve Egypt ties |website=The Irish Times |date=6 January 2004 }}</ref>
On 31 July 2004, "The al-IslambouliIslambuli Brigades of al-Qaeda" claimed responsibility for an assassination attempt on [[Shaukat Aziz]], then a candidate for the post of [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]]. On 24 August 2004, a [[Chechen people|Chechen]] group calling itself "The al Islambouli-Islambuli Brigades" issued a statement claiming responsibility for the [[2004 Russian aircraft bombings|bombing of two Russian passenger aircraft]] in 2004.<ref name="Jamestown"/><ref name="globalwhatnot">[http://www.globalterroralert.com/islambouli0804-2.pdf Statement from the Chechen "Al-Islambouli Brigades"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021091946/http://www.globalterroralert.com/islambouli0804-2.pdf |date=21 October 2006 }}, ''Global Terror Alert''</ref>
In 2012, Islambouli's mother, QadriyaQadriyya, who lived in [[Afghanistan]] before returning to Egypt through Iran, mentioned in an interview with Iran's state-run [[Fars News Agency]] that she was proud of her son who killed Anwar Alal-Sadat, as he was defending Islam.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/34912/Egypt/Politics-/Im-proud-my-son-Khaled-killed-Anwar-Sadat-Mother.aspx |title=I'm proud my son Khaled killed Anwar Sadat: Mother |website=ahram.org |date=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
