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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The latest news on Iran's supreme leader

The face of Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was displayed during funerals for assassinated commanders in Tehran. AFP

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran's foreign minister 'has never met' elusive boss

MENAJuly 22, 2026
A man raises a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as mourners gather for the burial of the former leader of the Islamic Republic. Reuters

Ali Khamenei buried in Mashhad after week-long funeral processions in Iran

MENAJuly 10, 2026
Crowds surround a vehicle carrying the coffins of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members through Tehran on Monday. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via Reuters

Vast crowds join funeral procession in Tehran for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

MENAJuly 06, 2026
An armed military member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stands guard outside a police facility in Tehran. Getty

Why a US-Iran deal will not guarantee security in the Arab world

CommentJune 14, 2026
For decades, the late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei consistently asserted that nuclear weapons were prohibited under Islamic law. AFP

Did Ali Khamenei’s ‘nuclear fatwa’ die with him?

CommentMarch 12, 2026
Police are searching for a hooded suspect after an explosion outside the US embassy in Oslo, while a video of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared on the mission’s Google page. Photo: Google / Oslo Police

Hackers post Khamenei video on US embassy's social media page after Oslo explosion

EuropeMarch 09, 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei, pictured in 2019, has close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij paramilitary. Reuters

Iran names Khamenei's son Mojtaba as new supreme leader

NewsMarch 08, 2026
A march in Paris on Sunday in support of the US and Israel strikes on Iran. AFP

The lesson America never learnt from Iraq: regime change almost never works

CommentMarch 04, 2026
Islamic Centre of England, in Maida Vale, west London, held commemorations following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran. The National

London Khamenei commemorations trigger backlash

UKMarch 02, 2026
A Hezbollah supporter carries a portrait of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration in Beirut on Sunday. EPA

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's legacy is one of an Iran in ruins

CommentMarch 02, 2026
Whether the Islamic Republic endures a while longer is almost beside the point. The old social contract has collapsed. Reuters

In Iran, something irreversible has already taken place

CommentJanuary 21, 2026
Protesters hold up portraits of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a demonstration against the US and Israel near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad. AFP

A managed US-Iran conflict will pose a constant challenge for countries like Iraq

CommentJanuary 20, 2026
The wreckage of a burnt fire truck displayed in front of Tehran University to show protesters' alleged destruction of public property. AFP
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I spent a week in Tehran amid the protests, and reality was different from TV

CommentJanuary 18, 2026
Reuters, The National

Trump doesn't want to change Iran – he wants to change its relationship with US

CommentJanuary 16, 2026
People enjoy their time at the beach outside the port city of Bandar Anzali in Iran on Tuesday. AP

For Iran, 2026 is going to be the year of the unknown

CommentDecember 24, 2025
The new statue in Tehran's Revolution Square depicts a Roman emperor kneeling before Sassanian ruler Shapur I. AFP

Iran is leaning on ancient history to bolster nationalism after the Israel war

CommentNovember 12, 2025
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