IRAN’S merciless regime is “fully on its heels” – leaving the Ayatollah’s days numbered, a former US ambassador says. But the ...

Saddam Hussein could have changed everything. In an ironic twist, the Iraqi dictator responsible for countless deaths across ...

After the 12-day war in June, the issue of who will succeed Iran's longtime supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ...

Under the reign of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran, once America and Israel's closest ally in the Middle East, became their bitterest enemy ...

Highlighting Iran’s preparedness in both military and diplomatic arenas, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali ...

Iran is highly fragmented and doesn’t have a long tradition of democracy or a unified opposition movement. So what happens if the supreme leader is toppled?

Two frontrunners have emerged in the succession discussions, the five insiders said: Khamenei's 56-year-old son Mojtaba, long ...

The future of the Islamic Republic may be shaped more by the country’s culture and politics than by the military prowess of ...

Ayatollah Khomeini was the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. He deposed Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the pro-Western former Shah of Iran, in 1979 and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony marking the martyrdom anniversary ...

Ali Khamenei, who has led Iran for over 35 years, has gone into hiding in the wake of Israel's surprise attack on Friday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran last year. He was born in 1939 into a religious family of modest means and rose quickly in the regime that took power after the Iranian Revolution of 1979.