Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a mourning ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, July 6, 2025.

After the shah was overthrown in the 1979 revolution, Iran became an Islamic republic. Khamenei was appointed as a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Council, which was put in place to manage the ...

BBC Tehran Correspondent James Reynolds profiles Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the man who has led Iran with the absolute power of a king for more than 20 years.

Khamenei Appears in Public for First Time Since Israel War Began. The long absence of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from public life had fueled speculation about his health and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out assassinating Iran's 86-year-old supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the figurehead of what he calls an "existential" threat to Israel.