As a religious and secular position made by virtue of Khomeini's interpretation of theWilayat al-Faqih, the supreme leader of Iran has complete control over the Islamic Republic’s spiritual and secular affairs. In regards to religious matters, the Iranian supreme leader has full reign when it ...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has commanded Iran's Guardian Council to conduct an investigation into the allegations of fraud during the presidential elections from reformist opposition candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi. The Supreme Leader is once again arbitrating between ...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Palestinian group Hamas' top leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, Iran June 21, 2023. (photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met withIran’s Supreme Leader...
The article focuses on a visit by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran, to the Iranian religious center of Qom in October 2010. It comments on discontent among the clergy of Qom due to economic, political and social problems in Iran and anti-clerical tendencies among Iranian ...
The Iranian Elections: Politics of the Supreme Leader vs. Power of the PresidentRamirez, Gabriel
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has issued an order for Iran to strike Israel directly, in retaliation for the killing in Tehran of Hamas’s leader, Ismail Haniyeh, according to three Iranian officials briefed on the order. Mr. Khamenei gav...
Iran's supreme leader address crowd for the first time in years, calling for the Muslim world to unite against Israel Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the "brilliant" action of Iranian armed forces for their missile attack on Israel, and described it as "le...
“The leaders of [Israel] threaten us with military action,” the Iranian supreme leader proclaims as a gleaming white missile prepares to launch. “But I think most of them know — and if they don’t, they should — that if they lay a finger on us, the Islamic Republic of Iran will...
A deal between Iran and the P-5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany) was reached Saturday night. The Iranians agreed to certain limitations on their nuclear program while the P-5+1 agreed to remove certain economic san
And in December, the highly respectedArab Barometerreported that approval ratings for the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had surpassed those of the Saudi crown prince and Emirati president. This change in Iran’s standing in the region is being watched with concern by the political...