Iranian state media confirmed that the country’s de facto leader was killed in an airstrike on Tuesday. “Ali Larijani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, has been martyred,” the Fars ...

Israel says it killed two of Iran’s most senior officials in overnight strikes, the most significant blow to the country’s wartime leadership since Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was ...

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Ali Larijani speaks to members of the press aside of an International Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly on October 9, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. A top Iranian security official made a thinly veiled ...

His father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had turned what was traditionally a religious affairs office into a shadowy national security juggernaut. By Neil MacFarquhar In the political annals of the Islamic ...

On the morning of Feb. 28, 2026, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on his Tehran compound. He was one of the central figures of the system from the earliest days of the ...

The six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone attack over the weekend were working in a tactical operations center in Kuwait that offered little protection from overhead strikes, according ...

If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has lived and worked in Iran, has covered the country ...

Inflation is re-emerging as the crucial worry in the $30 trillion Treasuries market as investors see the risk of a protracted conflict in the Mideast that keeps crude prices elevated. For weeks, haven ...

Hassan Khomeini has a track record of urging reform Founder's grandson has never served in government Khomeini is a mid-ranking cleric with ceremonial role Some politicians see him as a rival to ...

As outlined in its constitution, Iran on Sunday formed a council to assume leadership duties and govern the country. The council is made up of Iran’s sitting president, the head of the country’s ...