Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Khamenei holds the Iran key as Trump pushes for new nuclear deal

Senior Iranian officials are prepared to enter talks with the Trump administration over a civilian nuclear deal, but the final decision rests with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran slams Trump's 'disrespectful and unacceptable' assassination comments on Khamenei

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi condemned Saturday the 'disrespectful and unacceptable' comments from Donald Trump, after the US president claimed to have saved Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei from an 'ugly and ignominious death'

How Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei evaded Israel’s attempts at assassination amid ’12-day war’

With the dust settling on the ‘12-day war’, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has revealed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was on the country’s kill list, but the ‘opportunity didn’t present itself’. This is the first time that the Jewish nation has acknowledged targeting Tehran’s leadership amid the hostilities. But how did the 86-year-old Iranian leader escape Israel's spy network and covert ops?

Where is Khamenei? Iran’s silent crisis at the top

With Khamenei reportedly sidelined, power appears to have shifted to Iran’s military and intelligence leadership. Senior commanders in the IRGC and the Supreme National Security Council are now believed to be directing key strategies, from responding to Israeli attacks to managing internal security

'It's irrelevant, it doesn't matter': Rubio on whether Iran was actually making nuclear bomb

In an admission that puts the legitimacy of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in question, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that 'it's irrelevant' and 'it doesn't matter' whether Iran was actually developing a nuclear weapon under orders from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

As US joins Israel’s war against Iran, is Ayatollah’s time coming to end?

As the United States has joined Israel’s war against Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing an existential crisis to his regime. In a far cry from the goal of destroying Israel and exporting the Islamic Revolution globally, he now has no good options to even keep his regime afloat.

Iran’s Khamenei picks potential successors to ensure smooth transition in case he dies: Report

Khamenei is believed to have taken extraordinary security measures, largely isolating himself in his fortified compound in central Tehran

A nation shaped by defiance and intervention: Will Iran’s next chapter be any different?

As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls for regime change in Iran and US President Trump considers backing it militarily, many fear history repeating itself. From the 1953 coup to the 1979 revolution, Iran’s political evolution has been turbulent. If the Islamic Republic collapses, what would follow?

Clash of lions and legends: Netanyahu, Khamenei weaponise history in Israel-Iran war

As the Israel-Iran conflict continues to intensify, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to be using an old tactic, referencing history to justify their present actions

Amid the Iran-Israel conflict, where is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hiding?

Israel has said that killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would end the conflict with Tehran. Reports say that the US has stopped the Jewish country from assassinating the Iranian leader. The 86-year-old is reportedly taking refuge in bunkers along with his family