Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. File Photo: Collected

Khamenei confirms thousands of deaths during protests

The US-based Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has put the death toll at about 3,090, though other activist groups say the figure may be significantly higher. Iranian authorities...

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Iran supreme leader says thousands killed during recent protests, blames US

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the members of the Expediency Discernment Council in Tehran, Iran October 12, 2022. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Khamenei vows he will 'not back down' to growing protests

Iranians are protesting against the ruling regime led by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country's poor economy. Photo: Reuters

Trump hints Iran’s Khamenei ‘looking to flee’ amid protests

People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on 30 December 2025. File Photo: West Asia News Agency/Reuters

35 dead, 1,200 detained amid Iran’s economic unrest

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

Iran's Khamenei attends public event after weeks of war with Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with defence industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Trump to Iran's supreme leader: 'You got beat to hell'

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting via video conference with people from East Azarbaijan in Tehran, Iran. File Photo/Reuters

Iran's supreme leader asks Putin to do more after US strikes

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the members of the Expediency Discernment Council in Tehran, Iran October 12, 2022. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Khamenei picks possible successors amid Israel's assassination threats, son not among them: NYT

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the members of the Expediency Discernment Council in Tehran, Iran October 12, 2022. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Khamenei says any US strikes will have serious consequences, rejects Trump's call for surrender

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with defence industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's Khamenei vows 'no mercy' for Israel leaders

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei and US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: Collected

'Not going to kill Khamenei, at least for now', says Trump, claiming US knows Iran's supreme leader's location

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the members of the Expediency Discernment Council in Tehran, Iran October 12, 2022. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran leader Khamenei sees his inner circle hollowed out by Israel