Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies, serves as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and controls the Revolutionary Guard. Mr Khamenei was born ...

What are the powers of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei? The most powerful figure in Iran is Ayatollah Khamenei, who has been supreme leader since 1989. He is head of state and commander-in-chief.

Hezbollah, the Houthis, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Badr Organization, the Al-Ashtar Brigades – these are just some of the terrorist groups that ...

Recent rumours about the health of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have thrown the spotlight on what will happen if he becomes too ill to rule, or dies. The 81-year-old is the ...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has led the Islamic regime for more than 30 years. The 84-year-old oversees a top leadership composed of hard-line clerics, after a yearslong purge ...

An image of French President Emmanuel Macron and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shaking hands was shared ...

However, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is the person who really wields power in Iran. No candidate won more than 50% of the vote in Friday's poll, so there will be a run-off election ...

Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri, a zealous revolutionary among Iran's Shia clergy, has recently emerged among the small group of hopefuls to succeed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader. But do his anti ...

Two senior Iranian security officials told Reuters earlier that Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani, who travelled to Lebanon ...

Growing unease over the United States’ inability to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East is prompting some of Washington’s ...

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, extends condolences on the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, emphasizing that ...