Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

A woman holds a poster with the picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as people gather after Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, 1 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran prepares for late supreme leader's funeral

Khamenei, a spiritual figure for many Shias, was killed aged 86 at his compound in the centre of the Iranian capital on 28 February, the first day of the war.

People react as they gather at the Enghelab Square, after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, 1 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iran says funeral for late Supreme Leader Khamenei to begin 4 July, burial set for 9 July

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, 8 May 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

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Minister of state for external affairs, Pabitra Margherita, at the Iranian embassy in New Delhi for the memorial service for the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Photo: Randhir Jaiswal/X

Indian external affairs MoS attends Khamenei's memorial service at Iran's Delhi embassy

A woman walks next to a mural depicting the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, 22 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

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An explosion caused by a projectile impact in Tel Aviv in the early hours of Sunday (1 March 2026) after Iran launched missiles into Israel, following the strikes carried out by Israel and the US on Iran on Saturday. File Photo: Gideon Markowicz/Reuters

Iran fires new missiles at Israel as Khamenei's son takes charge

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, on 1 October 2024. File Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA/Reuters

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Iran’s Assembly of Experts hold meeting in March 2026. Photo: UNB

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Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the slain former leader of Iran. Photo: Collected

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei: The shadow power behind Iran's new dynastic turn

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran June 11, 2022. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Khamenei to be buried in holy city of Mashhad: Iranian media

A woman holds a poster with the picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as people gather after Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, 1 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Sonia Gandhi slams Modi govt over silence on Khamenei killing

The collage photo of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Photo: Collected

Indian opposition slams Khamenei killing, Modi govt silent

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson, Hassan Khomeini stands next to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the 36th anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2025. Photo: Reuters

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