Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- India
Khamenei assassination a ‘destabilising move,’ says Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday, March 1, expressed “profound anguish” over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the US and Israel. “Abdullah…
- Kashmir
Protests in Kashmir against killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei
Srinagar: Protests broke out in several parts of Kashmir on Sunday, March 1, against the killing of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel strike, officials said. Hundreds of protestors took…
- Middle East
Iran’s Supreme Leader assigns Larijani key role in case of war, assassination
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has entrusted senior security official Ali Larijani with a central role in managing the country in case of an attack or assassination targeting the leadership, according…
- World
Donald Trump mulls limited strike in Iran: Reports
Washington: US President Donald Trump is weighing a limited military strike on Iran to push Tehran into a nuclear deal, The Wall Street Journal reported. The newspaper said Trump is considering “an…
- Middle East
‘If US initiates war, it’ll be regional’, says Iran’s supreme leader
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday, February 1 that if “they start a war, this time it will be a regional war”. The comments from the 86-year-old Ayatollah…
- Middle East
Iran: Ayatollah Khamenie calls Trump criminal for backing protests
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday branded US President Donald Trump a “criminal” for supporting protesters in Iran, and blamed demonstrators for causing thousands of deaths. In a speech broadcast…
- Featured News
Western dilemma over Shia Iran’s global Sunni support-base
Among other things, the biggest challenge the United States-led West faces before attacking Shia-dominated Iran, which no doubt is passing through a serious economic crisis, is that the government in Tehran, against…
- Middle East
Thank you, Trump tells Iran for halting execution of political prisoners
Washington: President Donald Trump took the unusual step on Friday, January 16, of thanking the Iranian government for not following through on executions of what he said were meant to be hundreds…
- Hyderabad
Evidence shows foreign-backed violence: Iran Consulate in Hyderabad
The Consulate of Iran in Hyderabad on Thursday, January 15, said evidence showed that foreign-backed agents are transforming legitimate economic protests into violent riots in the Islamic Republic, even as over 2,600…
- News
Violent incidents due to foreign interference: Iran Consul General in Hyderabad
The Consul General of Iran on Tuesday, January 13, said that while the initial economic protests in the Islamic republic were peaceful, the subsequent incidents of violence were linked to “organised acts…
- Middle East
Protests in Iran near 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown
Protests sweeping across Iran neared the two-week mark on Saturday, January 10, with the country’s government acknowledging the ongoing demonstrations despite an intensifying crackdown and as the Islamic Republic remains cut off…
- Middle East
Iran’s supreme leader says protesters ‘ruining own streets’ for Trump
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader signalled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging US President Donald Trump’s pledge…
- Middle East
Protests sweep Iran despite internet shutdown, state TV warns of casualties
Iranian protesters shouted and marched through the streets into Friday morning after a call by the country’s exiled crown prince for demonstrations, despite Iran’s theocracy cutting off the nation from the internet…
- Middle East
Internet, telephone cut off in Iran after protests erupt in Tehran
Internet access and telephone lines in Iran were cut out immediately after protesters took to the steets in Tehran on Thursday night, January 8, over economic conditions in the country. People in…
- Middle East
Iran economic protests: At least 35 dead, over 1K detained
Dubai: The death toll in violence surrounding protests in Iran has risen to at least 35 people, activists said Tuesday, January 6, as the country’s theocracy acknowledged the unrest in one western…