Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Thousands gather for funeral of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – photoreport

Thousands gathered on July 9 for a large funeral ceremony for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Feb. 28 in the opening days of the U.S.-Iran war, Reuters reported.

10 July, 01:30 PM

Iran delays naming Khamenei successor as threats shadow Tehran’s power struggle

Iran is delaying naming a successor to slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over security concerns after threats from the United States and Israel that the next ayatollah could become a target, the New York Times reported on March 4, citing two Iranian officials.

6 March, 10:50 AM

Ukraine envoy refuses condolences for Khamenei

Ukraine’s ambassador to South Africa, Olexander Scherba, declined to sign a book of condolences for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying Iran’s supply of Shahed drones had stained Tehran with the blood of thousands of Ukrainians, he wrote in a letter published on Facebook on March 4.

4 March, 04:05 PM

Trump alleges Iran tried twice to assassinate him

Iran tried several times to assassinate him, U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl.

2 March, 12:44 PM

Iran rejects U.S. talks after Trump claims Tehran wants negotiations

Iran will not negotiate with the United States, Ali Larijani, a representative of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, wrote on X on March 2 after President Donald Trump stated that Tehran wanted to resume talks.

2 March, 11:45 AM

Trump ordered Iran strike after Israeli, Saudi pressure — WP

President Donald Trump ordered a strike on Iran after pressure from Israel and Saudi Arabia in the lead-up to the Feb. 28 attacks, The Washington Post reported on March 1, citing four sources.

1 March, 09:30 PM

Russian dictator Putin calls Khamenei death a ‘cynical violation’

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Feb. 28 over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in U.S. and Israeli missile strikes, calling the killing a “cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” according to the Kremlin.

1 March, 08:05 PM

Israel strikes Tehran government sites after Khamenei reported killed

The Israel Defense Forces carried out new strikes on government facilities in Tehran on March 1, a day after Iranian state media confirmed that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in U.S. and Israeli attacks, the IDF said.

1 March, 05:10 PM

What to know about Iran’s IRGC after U.S. and Israeli strikes

President Donald Trump called on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to lay down its arms on Feb. 28 amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. NV reminds readers what to know about the armed forces of Iran’s regime, which the United States and Ukraine have designated as a terrorist organization.

1 March, 04:43 PM

Iran vows ‘most powerful’ operation; Trump threatens unseen strike

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran of a strike “that no one has ever seen before” after Tehran threatened what it called the “most powerful offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic,” he wrote on Truth Social on Feb. 28.

1 March, 03:57 PM

U.S.-Israel assault kills four Khamenei family members

Four members of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s family were killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Feb. 28, Iran’s Fars news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported.

1 March, 03:21 PM

Iranians flood Tehran streets to celebrate Khamenei’s death — photo report

Iranians took to the streets in Tehran and other cities across the country to celebrate the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes, The New York Times reported.

1 March, 01:48 PM

U.S., Israel unleash 200 jets in strike that destroys Khamenei compound

A months-long U.S.-Israeli operation involving 200 fighter jets culminated on Feb. 28 in a daylight strike on Iran that Israeli officials described as a “tactical surprise,” The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. and Israeli intelligence sources.

1 March, 01:24 PM

Israel claims Khamenei dead after strike on Tehran residence

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead and his body has been found, Reuters reported on Feb. 28, citing a senior Israeli official.

28 February, 11:47 PM

Zelenskyy calls Iran ‘accomplice’ of Putin as U.S. strikes reshape Middle East

Iran’s regime was accused of acting as an accomplice of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin amid rapidly unfolding events in the Middle East and the Gulf during U.S. strikes on Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram video address on Feb. 28.

28 February, 07:50 PM

Reuters reports Iran defense chief, IRGC commander killed in Israeli strikes; Khamenei alive

Israel’s Channel 12 television reported, citing unnamed Israeli sources, that there are “growing signs” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been killed, The Times of Israel reported on Feb. 28.

28 February, 04:14 PM

Israel targets Ayatollah Khamenei and President Pezeshkian in strikes on Iran

Israeli strikes on Iran were aimed at Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel.

28 February, 01:10 PM

Khamenei plans escape to Moscow if Iran protests spin out of control

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prepared a contingency plan to flee to Russia should his forces fail to quell dissent, The Times reported on Jan. 4, citing intelligence sources.

5 January, 10:23 AM

Oil prices jumped sharply after the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, with forecasts of continued price increases

Oil prices rose amid growing fears of supply disruptions if the Strait of Hormuz is blockaded due to escalating tensions in the Middle East, Interfax-Ukraine reports on June 23.

23 June 2025, 12:47 PM

Ukraine facilitated the evacuation of 176 citizens from Israel before the U.S. military action against Iran’s nuclear sites

Ahead of the U.S. attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, Ukrainian diplomats and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense evacuated Ukrainian and partner country citizens from the danger zone, said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X on June 22.

22 June 2025, 06:19 PM

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