Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has apparently taken precautions in case of an assassination attempt against him, The New York Times reported on Saturday. Citing unnamed Iranian officials, the Times reported that Iran’s top religious and secular leader has named three possible successors should he be killed by Israel. Even before the current armed…
Jun 22, 2025 08:46 AM IST Shariatmadari is the managing editor of the conservative Kayhan newspaper and is also described as a close confidant of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, several Iranian officials have warned of ‘severe consequences’ for the US in response to its recent…
Talks between the United States and Iran, which President Trump said on Monday would begin on Saturday in Oman, face considerable problems of substance and well-earned mistrust. But time is short for what is likely to be a complicated negotiation. “We’re at a fork in the road, heading toward a crisis,” said Sanam Vakil, the…
Iran has signaled that it is open to talks about its nuclear program with the United States if they are restricted to military concerns, a day after the country’s supreme leader had appeared to reject an overture from President Trump to hold discussions. “If the objective of negotiations is to address concerns vis-à-vis any potential…
Iran’s supreme leader decried “bullying governments” and bristled on Saturday at the idea of negotiating over the country’s nuclear program with the United States in an apparent response to a letter sent by President Trump earlier in the week. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the leader, indirectly addressed Mr. Trump’s suggestion that Iran negotiate over its rapidly…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said negotiating with the United States was “unwise, unintelligent, and not honorable,” just days after President Trump said he was willing to revive negotiations with Tehran. But Mr. Khamenei stopped short of ordering Iran’s government, which for months has sent signals that it is interested in negotiations, not to…
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday (Nov 25) said that the death sentences should be issued against Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, instead of arrest warrants. Meanwhile, in India’s Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh, three people died and around two dozen other people were injured after violence…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (Nov 12) that Iran’s third attack on Israel “would simply cripple Iran’s economy.” In the second video in which he is speaking in English, Netanyahu took to X to address the “people of Iran.” “A few weeks ago, I spoke directly to the people of Iran. Millions…
India summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission on Saturday (Nov 2) after an Ottawa minister claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in Canada. Meanwhile, as the West Asia crisis intensified, Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation against Israel and the United States for their attacks…
The death of Yahya Sinwar, one of the last leading figures of the axis of resistance, has shaken the Iranian regime to its core. Sinwar had been groomed by Iran to initiate a broad-scale attack on Israel, as part of the “Unity of Fronts” strategy against the “Little Satan.” Sinwar’s demise in the ruins…