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

Israel has confirmed it had nursed plans to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A spot report from 1989 on ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seen on the backdrop of the pre-revolution flag of Iran (illustrative) (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK) By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 22, 2025 23:23 ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to the national anthem as Air Force officers salute during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 7, 2025.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, amid assassination threats from Israel, has nominated three clerics as potential successors but notably excluded his son, Mojtaba. The 86-year-old leader, who has ...

Khamenei secret protection unit is now guarding Irans supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after threats from Israel escalated. Hidden in a new location under top-secret security, even the IRGC was ...

Khamenei’s stance is at once recalcitrant and cautious to the point of cowardice. Elites around him are wondering whether he will have to be tossed aside in pursuit of either course.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has taken extraordinary precautions in response to fears of a possible assassination attempt, according to a report by The New York Times citing unnamed ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed during the ongoing conflict with Israel, The New York Times reported ...

J UST OVER a week ago it seemed as if Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, might be part of a breakthrough with America. Talks involving the two countries were approaching decision-hour.

Who is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Ali Khamenei was born in 1939 in Mashhad, a city in northern Iran. He was the second of eight children in a family. His father was a religious scholar. Following in his ...