Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s newly elevated Supreme Leader, is undergoing treatment for a “severe” medical condition in Qom and is reportedly unconscious, according to a report by The Times citing an intelligence assessment. A man holds a poster of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, during a solidarity rally in support of Iran and against Israel…
Critics of the regime say the lack of public appearances raises questions about who is actually directing Iran’s government. A source familiar with the matter told The Jerusalem Post that the assessments are that although Mojtaba Khamenei was injured during the war he remains capable of carrying out his duties and managing state affairs as…
The clerical body tasked with selecting the successor of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reached a decision, Tehran announced on Sunday. The name of the successor is yet to be revealed, yet all hints suggesting Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, the late leader’s son. FILE PHOTO: A woman gestures while holding an image of Iran’s…
He has spent his adult life deliberately invisible — no elected office, no public speeches, no formal title. Yet, as Iran’s Assembly of Experts chooses over who will lead the Islamic Republic following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, one name has surfaced more insistently than…
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly moved into a fortified underground shelter in Tehran after senior military and security officials assessed a heightened risk of a potential US attack, according to two sources close to the government cited by Iran International. This handout photograph provided by the office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
When he was a teenager, Bekmurad Khodjayev used to hide from his parents to smoke. Fifty years later, the Turkmen pensioner is still hiding, but this time from the police. “I smoke in my apartment. But if I feel like smoking in town, I find a place without surveillance cameras to avoid a fine —…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has publicly stated that recent U.S. and Israeli airstrikes inflicted serious damage on Iran’s nuclear sites, a sharp contrast to the downplaying by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and one early U.S. intelligence assessment that was leaked to media. Araghchi said key nuclear facilities suffered significant harm and that Tehran is…