Tag: Ali Khamenei

Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the new supreme leader

Christine Valora · March 8, 2026 6:50 pm

The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran.

Beltway Confidential

Transform Ruhollah Khomeini’s tomb into a museum on regime crimes

Michael Rubin · March 8, 2026 6:00 am

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

War with Iran sees several historical firsts

Brady Knox · March 7, 2026 3:58 pm

Demonstrators chant during a vigil honoring the late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in New York, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

NYC vigil for Ali Khamenei turns violent as protestors clash

Molly Parks · March 7, 2026 11:00 am

Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Khamenei’s secret bunker under Tehran destroyed by Israeli military jet bombardment

Brady Knox · March 6, 2026 11:14 am

A plume of smoke rises following a U.S.-Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran on March 3, 2026.

Succession, Tehran style

John Scott Lewinski · March 6, 2026 6:07 am

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 6, 2026. Fresh strikes rocked Iran and Lebanon on March 6, as Israel vowed to escalate to a new phase in the Middle East war that has spiralled rapidly throughout the region and beyond. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP via Getty Images)

Iran started this war a long time ago

Dan Hannan · March 6, 2026 5:49 am

A large crowd of demonstrators gather near the Federal Building in the Westwood area to celebrate and call for freedom for the Iranian people in the wake of U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Trump’s Mideast revolution: A chance to transform the world’s most turbulent region

Hugo Gurdon · March 6, 2026 5:21 am

A ballistic missile is launched from an underground site in Iran

Iran’s spray-and-pray strategy aims to widen the battlefield and spread consequences

Timothy Nerozzi · March 6, 2026 5:00 am

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to his supporters during a press conference after casting his ballot for the parliamentary runoff elections in Tehran on May 10, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Ali Khamenei, 1939-2026

Sean Durns · March 6, 2026 4:30 am

President Donald Trump told Axios Thursday that he wants to be personally involved with picking Iran's next leader, despite multiple senior administration officials repeatedly declaring that "regime change" is not a stated objective of Operation Epic Fury. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump wants to be personally ‘involved’ in picking next Iranian leader: Report

Christian Datoc · March 5, 2026 12:39 pm

Surrounded by crowds, President Woodrow Wilson throws out the first ball at a baseball game in Washington in this 1916 photo. (AP Photo)

Trump avoiding repeating history in Iran

Michael Barone · March 4, 2026 6:32 pm