Iran's new supreme leader has severe and disfiguring wounds, sources sayIran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is recovering from severe injuries. He sustained facial and leg wounds in an airstrike that kill...
11 Apr, 2026, 07.25 PM IST
Iran-Israel war: After Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination, this UP village, 4,000 km away from Tehran, held processions and shut shops. Here's whyIran-Israel conflict: A small village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, Kintoor, is mourning the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatol...
05 Mar, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Ayatollah Khomeini's French exile: Neauphle-le-Chateau's enduring legacyOver four decades ago, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini took refuge in the quaint village of Neauphle-le-Chateau, France, where he passionately ...
03 Mar, 2026, 04.27 PM IST
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death brings Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's grandson into focusIran faces a crucial decision to select a new Supreme Leader following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hassan Khomeini, grandson of th...
02 Mar, 2026, 05.20 PM IST
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in datesAyatollah Ali Khamenei had been Iran's hardline spiritual guide and top political authority since 1989, when he succeeded Ayatollah Ruholla...
02 Mar, 2026, 04.25 PM IST
Ayatollah Alireza Arafi is new Supreme Leader of Iran: Rare facts, key details about interim successor to Ali KhameneiIran Supreme Leader: Ayatollah Alireza Arafi has been chosen as interim successor to deceased Ali Khamenei.
01 Mar, 2026, 05.58 PM IST
'Targeted assassination by so-called leaders of democratic world deserves strong condemnation': Priyanka Gandhi on Khamenei's deathSenior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and AAP MP Sanjay Singh have condemned strikes by the US and Israel following the death of Ira...
01 Mar, 2026, 02.53 PM IST
Deceased Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had no India roots; only student to Ruhollah Khomeini, whose ancestry traces to IndiaIran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has died in Israeli bombings. Khamenei had no Indian roots, unlike his predecessor Ruhollah Khomeini. Kh...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.36 AM IST
Why has Israel attacked Iran? Nuclear fears, proxy wars and decades of rivalry explainedWhy Israel attacked Iran: Israel has launched a 'pre-emptive' strike against Iran on Saturday, a major escalation following weeks of negoti...
28 Feb, 2026, 02.46 PM IST
Chilling video from Iran: Woman bleeds from mouth, says she 'has been dead for 47 years' as anti-government protests explodeAs protests across Iran against the government have intensified, a viral video shows an Iranian woman defying the Iranian regime and has be...
09 Jan, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
From a quiet UP village, a boy's journey to the corridors of power: Tracing Iran’s first Supreme Leader's connection to IndiaAmidst escalating tensions in West Asia, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, embodies the nation's firm stance. The roots of Ira...
19 Jun, 2025, 07.57 PM IST
Who is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Once dismissed as weak, here's how Iran Supreme Leader becomes most wanted man in earth by USA, IsraelIran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled since 1989 dominated successive elected presidents and promoted nuclear technology tha...
18 Jun, 2025, 01.27 AM IST
Novelist Salman Rushdie set to publish memoir 'Knife' about being stabbed in 2022Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie will publish a memoir titled 'Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder' in April 2024. The memoir w...
12 Oct, 2023, 08.09 AM IST
Iranian foundation offers land to Salman Rushdie's attacker: State mediaAn Iranian foundation has praised the man who attacked novelist Salman Rushdie last year, leaving him severely injured, and said it will re...
21 Feb, 2023, 01.33 PM IST
Barring a few, Indian leaders mum on Salman RushdieNo official statement from PM Narendra Modi, the BJP or the Gandhis and the Congress - or most regional biggies including most chief minist...
13 Aug, 2022, 11.05 PM IST
Former Iranian President Bani-Sadr dies in ParisDespite disappointment and his long exile, Bani-Sadr said in the 2019 interview that he did not regret having been part of the revolution.
09 Oct, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
- Salman Rushdie: I don't need visa to visit India
Controversial author Salman Rushdie has brushed aside opposition to his India trip by top Islamic Seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, saying he d...
10 Jan, 2012, 10.11 PM IST