Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader Who Built a De Facto Military Dictatorship, Killed in U.S.-Israeli Strikes

For 36 years he fused theology and force, empowering the Revolutionary Guards and steering Iran into confrontation abroad and repression at home.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead, Iranian State Media Reports

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, and President Donald Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” by rising up against the Islamic leadership that has ruled the nation since 1979.

Ayatollah Khamenei, reported killed by US-Israeli airstrikes, has embodied fearsome anti-Western rule

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, has been an inveterate foe of the West, crushing internal opposition while supporting proxy forces across the

Did they get him? Khamenei's fate remains unknown after Israel strike levels his compound

Uncertainty surrounds Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following an Israeli-U.S. strike on Tehran that left his fortified compound heavily damaged.

Trump’s current war on Iran picks up where a longstanding enmity left off

The mutual resentments that have fueled tensions between the US and Iran have simmered for nearly half a century