View: Bombing Iran’s great mosque could cost the worldIran war: The writer reflects on wartime destruction in London to highlight concerns about ongoing strikes in Iran, especially the historic...
03 Apr, 2026, 09.08 AM IST
Congress team attends Ayatollah Khamenei condolence meetA Congress delegation, headed by Salman Khurshid, visited the Iranian embassy in New Delhi. They expressed deep condolences on the passing ...
07 Mar, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Having a say on who'll get the jobGovernors and supreme leaders face objections from existing powers. Ravindra Narayana Ravi's arrival in West Bengal is opposed by Mamata Ba...
06 Mar, 2026, 11.29 PM IST
How succession works in Iran and who could be the country's next supreme leaderFollowing the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran is navigating a delicate succession. A temporary leadership trio...
01 Mar, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli airstrikes; Tehran declares 40 days of mourning and warns of ‘heaviest’ retaliationIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in coordinated US and Israeli airstrikes, Iranian state media confirmed. The n...
01 Mar, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
How succession works in Iran and who will be the country's next supreme leaderThe death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has triggered questions about who will lead the country next and how the transiti...
01 Mar, 2026, 08.29 AM IST
After 'bloody' protest, viral photos show Iranian women using Khamenei’s photos to light cigarettes. Here's whyIn a bold act of defiance, Iranian women can be seen lighting cigarettes by burning photographs of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. B...
10 Jan, 2026, 10.54 AM IST
Iran’s top Shia cleric issues fatwa against Trump, Netanyahu; calls them ‘enemies of God’Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has declared U.S. President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as "enemies of God" in a new f...
30 Jun, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
'Disrespectful, condemnable': Iran hits back at Donald Trump, asks if he’s 'genuine about a deal'Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has warned Donald Trump to change his “disrespectful and unacceptable” tone towards Supreme Leader A...
28 Jun, 2025, 07.09 AM IST
US citizens in mid-east 'legitimate targets' if...: Terror group's warning as Israel-Iran conflict escalatesAn Iraqi terror outfit has issued a chilling warning that all US nationals in the Middle East will become "legitimate targets" if Donald Tr...
20 Jun, 2025, 10.11 PM IST
Iraq's top Shiite cleric warns against any targeting of Iran's leadershipGrand Ayatollah Ali Sistani cautioned against targeting Iran's leadership, emphasizing the potential for regional chaos stemming from the o...
19 Jun, 2025, 02.05 PM IST
Iran's supreme leader to preside over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crashAyatollah Ali Khamenei will begin the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on ...
22 May, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
US says thwarted drone attack on its troops in IraqThe US military successfully intercepted two drones that were intended to target American forces in Iraq. The officials did not disclose th...
18 Oct, 2023, 10.46 AM IST
Salman Rushdie attends PEN America gala, first in-person appearance since stabbingRushdie was in hiding for years after Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.
19 May, 2023, 03.10 PM IST
One of Iraq's most influential Shiite clerics dies at 85Al-Hakim holds the highest theological title in Shiite Islam - Ayatollah al-Uzma, which means Grand or Supreme Ayatollah.
04 Sep, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
King Salman rejects questioning of Saudi role as hajj organiser"The irresponsible statements aiming for political exploitation of the incident... shall not affect the role of Saudi Arabia, its duty and ...
12 Oct, 2015, 10.56 PM IST
Religious leaders to initiate eradication of slavery by 2020: Global Freedom NetworkPope Francis and India's Mata Amritanandamayi would also participate in the initiative to eradicate modern slavery by the year 2020.
01 Dec, 2014, 04.52 PM IST