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Slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s jail dairy at the stall in Srinagar curing the Chinar Book Festival. Photo credit: Peerzada Ashiq As a spin-off of the ongoing war between Iran and the U.S., slain Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s jail diary is selling like hot cakes at the book festival in Srinagar. Buyers are jostling…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel shared intelligence with the United States this week about a new and “specific” plan by Iran to assassinate President Donald Trump, U.S. media reported Thursday (July 9, 2026). The reports come as renewed U.S. and Iranian attacks raise fears of a return to all-out war…
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and family members’ coffins on display in Tehran. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran is holding a massive funeral ceremony for the country’s former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The world is closely watching the multi-day funeral of the former leader amid a fragile pause in hostilities between Iran, Israel and the United…
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Candles lit during a condolence meeting for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in New Delhi, on March 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to travel to Tehran to attend the burial ceremonies of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei who was assassinated…
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In this image posted on April 12, 2026, Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita attends the 40th day mourning ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei organised by the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi. Picture: X/@MEAIndia via PTI Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita has attended a mourning ceremony for Iran’s late Supreme…
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Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country’s new supreme leader, state media reported on Sunday (March 8, 2026). Mr. Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with close ties to…
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Iran’s unique political system — which has been designed in such a way that the Shia clergy has ultimate authority in all critical matters related to the state, even as elections are held in regular intervals — is a child of the 1979 revolution. While it’s popularly called the “Islamic revolution”, the anti-Shah movement was…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died following a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early on Sunday (March 1, 2026). President Donald Trump previously announced the death, saying it gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back” their…
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a meeting with the Iranian people, in Tehran on February 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday (February 1, 2026) warned that any U.S. strike on the country would become a regional war even as Tehran and Washington confirmed that…
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A file image of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via Reuters. Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday (January 17, 2026) that Iran considers U.S. President Donald Trump a “criminal” for inflicting casualties, damage, and slander on the Iranian people during the protests. “The latest anti-Iran…