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.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks at an assembly in Tehran, Iran, on June 11, ... without giving more details. “We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.

President Trump said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei must surrender and said the U.S. knows his location. “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on social-media. “We know ...

Israel’s defense chief on Thursday declared Iran’s leader “cannot continue to exist,” days after President Trump joined Israeli officials in threatening the ayatollah. Israeli Defense ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appeared to reject the framework of the United States’s proposal for a new deal relating to his nation’s nuclear enrichment programs. In a Wednesday speech ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran last year. He was born in 1939 into a religious family of modest means and rose quickly in the regime that took power after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

The social media platform X on Monday suspended a new account linked to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, which shared messages in Hebrew. Early Monday, a brief note on the suspended ...

Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals Learn more ...