Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

People carry the coffin of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on February 28 in Israeli and U.S. airstrikes, during his funeral procession, in Karbala, Iraq, July 9, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran to bury slain Supreme Leader in culmination of mass funeral

The burial ‌in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies that has coincided with a renewed burst of conflict with the United States...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits Hezbollah's office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's new supreme leader remains out of sight as nation mourns his father

Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad chaired today's (21 June) parliament session. Photo: Screengrab

Speaker Hafiz Uddin, Jamaat MPs to attend Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran

A sign in tribute to Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is displayed on a street, after he was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Saturday, in Tehran, Iran, March 4, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Iranians to bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Khamenei at Tehran ceremony

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

Khamenei's son Mojtaba named Iran's new supreme leader: Report

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Israel-Hezbollah exchange fire as over 1,000 civilians reported killed in Iran

Kashmiri Shia Muslims mourn during a protest over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Israeli-U.S. strikes, at Lal Chowk, in Srinagar on March 1, 2026. Photo: Collected

Authorities restrict internet, movement in Kashmir after protests over Khamenei killing

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Tehran, Iran 19 July 2022. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS/File

Putin says the killing of Khamenei is 'cynical' murder

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with a group of girls in Tehran, Iran, on 3 February 2023. Photo: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Iran's Ali Khamenei, who based iron rule on fiery hostility to US and Israel, killed at 86

Demonstrations were reported from Srinagar, Sonawari, and Bandipora. Photo: Hindustan Times

Protests erupt in Jammu & Kashmir over Khamenei killing

Dubai's landmark Burj Al Arab hotel sustained damage as overnight Iranian retaliatory attacks spread across the Gulf states and the wider Middle East. Photo: Screengrab/Collected/x.com

Dubai airport, iconic Burj Al Arab hotel damaged in Iranian missile strikes

The responsibility now falls to the Assembly of Experts – an elected body of 88 senior clerics – to appoint the next supreme leader/ Collage

Who may lead Iran now as no clear successor emerges?

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Israeli strikes targeted Iran's supreme leader, president among others: Sources