Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- India
Republic Bharat faces backlash over ‘offensive’ octopus depiction of Ayatollah Khamenei
A controversy erupted after Rebulic Bharat broadcasted a program featuring an allegedly offensive and disrespectful depiction of Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Twelver Shia Marja, and the supreme leader of Iran. The programme…
- Middle East
Iran’s Khamenei approves Mohammad Mokhber as interim President
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as acting president in the wake of Ebrahim Raisi’s death in a helicopter crash. Khamenei also ordered five…
- Middle East
Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei’s Instagram account suspended
Meta on Thursday, February 8, suspended Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Instagram account. The link to Khamenei’s Instagram page read, “Sorry, this page isn’t available. The link you followed may be broken, or…
- Middle East
Poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran ‘unforgivable crime’: Khamenei
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday described the poisoning of schoolgirls during the last few months as an unforgivable crime. Speaking at a tree-planting ceremony at his office, Khamenei…
- Middle East
Iran summons French envoy over ‘insulting’ cartoons of Khamenei
Tehran: Iran on Wednesday summoned France ambassador Nicolas Roche after the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published an issue mocking Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while supporting anti-government protests in Iran, IRNA…
- Middle East
Iran’s Khamenei breaks silence on protests, holds US, Israel responsible for riots
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn the rioting in the country and accusing…
- World
Salman Rushdie’s attacker says he acted alone
New York: The 24-year-old man charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has denied being in contact with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and said that he acted alone when he stabbed…
- India
Attack on author Rushdie can’t be called correct: Muslim cleric
Lucknow: Senior member of All-India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali on Saturday said no one has the right to take the law into his hand and the…
- Middle East
Iran’s top leader praises nuke negotiators for resisting excessive demands
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised the country’s negotiating team for resisting the “excessive demands” during the talks on salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. “Negotiations are going well,” Khamenei…
- Middle East
Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei laud nationals for defeating US sanctions
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi have praised Iranians for their resistance against US sanctions, saying the people managed to “defeat Washington’s maximum pressure campaign”. They made the…
- Middle East
Iran won’t give up on regional presence, nuke program: Khamenei
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the Islamic republic will not give up on its regional presence and peaceful nuclear programme, the two factors that contribute to national power. Addressing…










