Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Sonia Gandhi slams Modi govt over silence on Khamenei killing

'The killing of a sitting head of state in the midst of ongoing negotiations marks a grave rupture in contemporary international relations, says Sonia Gandhi.

The collage photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Photo: Collected

Indian opposition slams Khamenei killing, Modi govt silent

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, Hassan Khomeini stands next to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Who might succeed in Iran's theocratic system of power?

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 February, 2026. Photo: Reuters

New supreme leader to be chosen within ‘one or two days’: Iran FM Araghchi

A woman reacts as people gather at the Enghelab Square, after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on 1 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

In polarised Iran, Khamenei's death triggers celebrations and grief

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, Iran 19 July 2022. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File

Putin says the killing of Khamenei is 'cynical' murder

Ayatollah Alireza Arafi. Photo: Collected

Iran forms interim Leadership Council with Arafi's appointment after Khamenei's killing

People react as they gather at the Enghelab Square, after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, 1 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Israel says its warplanes hit Tehran again after killing Khamenei but many targets remain

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with a group of girls in Tehran, Iran, on 3 February 2023. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Ali Khamenei, who based iron rule on fiery hostility to US and Israel, killed at 86

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a ceremony to mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Life and leadership of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian looks on, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo

Iran president, 2 officials to lead transition after Khamenei's death: State TV

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New supreme leader to be chosen within one or two days: Iran FM Araghchi

Screengrab from a video in a part of Tehran where people were heard celebrating after reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed. 1 March 2026.

Cheers and celebrations heard in parts of Tehran after reports of Khamenei’s death