DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its top leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into ...

The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, 2026, set off the process of selecting a new supreme leader. It is only the second such transition in the Islamic Republic’s 47-year history and the ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died aged 86 following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, plunging the region into further instability. Donald Trump confirmed Khamenei was killed in the airstrikes overnight ...

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said he held a 2½-hour meeting with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei recently, offering the ...

As Trump pushes for a deal with an Iranian regime he portrays as deeply fractured, analysts say power in Tehran may be ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed on the first day of massive US and Israeli air strikes on Iran, US President Donald Trump has announced. The death of the 86-year-old ruler of the past three ...

Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as seen in 2024.Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who died during U.S. and Israeli strikes against his country, ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is unconscious and being treated for a “severe” medical issue, rendering him unable to govern the country, according to an intelligence assessment obtained by ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into confrontation with Israel and ...

FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the late revolutionary founder ...