Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s Leader Khamenei Hails Army’s 'Success' After Israel’s Strike

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed on Sunday the armed forces' "success" in the unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13 as an illustration of Iran's "greatness" on the international stage. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country's armed forces for their "success" in his first public comments since ...

Iran’s Khamenei Formally Grants Pezeshkian Presidential Powers

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month. In a message read by the director of Khamenei's office, he said: "I endorse the vote (for) the wise, honest, popular and scholarly Mr ...

Khamenei Says Iran’s Allies ‘Will Not Back Down’ in War with Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, assured on Friday, with a rifle beside him, that Tehran's allies, notably Hamas and Hezbollah, will not "back down" against Israel, which "won't last much longer." The head of state was speaking in Tehran before thousands of people, three days before the first anniversary of Hamas' unprecedented ...