Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...

The woman took the cleric's turban and put it on her own head. “So you have honour now?” she asked him. The video also shows her asking, “What did you do to my husband?” ...

Without them, supporters of Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, the 85-year-old supreme leader, might ask, ... Mr Khamenei has signalled readiness to be friends with America.

America’s Saturday-night attacks on Iran have amplified an ever more open debate in Tehran over the future of the country and whether Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should remain in power.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has picked replacements in case military commanders die in Israeli strikes. He has also named possible replacements for himself. Listen to this article · 11:22 min Learn more.