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
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
Who will be Iran's next Supreme Leader? Ayatollah Khamenei's death during US-Israeli bombing sparks succession concernsAyatollah Ali Khamenei Death: Nearly forty-year reign of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reached a violent crossroads following massive American...
01 Mar, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes: Iran’s supreme leader dies at 86 after 36 years in powerAyatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran for 36 years and shaped it into a leading anti-U.S. force in the Middle East, has died at 86 in air ...
01 Mar, 2026, 08.40 AM IST
Iran-Israel war: Khamenei 'is no longer' alive, claims Israel's NetanyahuIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may have been killed. Netanyahu announce...
01 Mar, 2026, 01.44 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
Succession plans for Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hit top gearAmidst escalating tensions following Israeli attacks, Iran is reportedly accelerating its search for a successor to Supreme Leader Ayatolla...
23 Jun, 2025, 04.42 PM IST
Damascus embassy of Assad ally Iran vandalisedIran's embassy in Syria was attacked and ransacked after rebels declared the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Looters stole items, and images of Ir...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
Iran says it conducted a successful space launch in a program long criticized by WestIran conducted the launch using its Simorgh program, a satellite-carrying rocket that had had a series of failed launches, at Iran's Imam K...
06 Dec, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in rare sermon vows to keep up fight against IsraelIran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivering a rare Friday sermon in Arabic, defended this week's missile attack on Israel that...
04 Oct, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack: Agent Andrew WylieRushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was "off the ventilator...
14 Aug, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Iran likely had failed rocket launch, preparing for anotherIran possibly conducted a failed satellite - carrying rocket launch recently and now appears to be preparing to try again. Satellite images...
23 Jun, 2021, 01.01 PM IST
Iran: a powerful Shiite Muslim nation with regional reachHere is some background on a nation whose influence stretches from Iraq to Syria, Lebanon and Yemen, but which is grappling with a severe e...
09 Jun, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
Wheels only, please: Iran marks 1979 revolution anniversary"There is no other way for the world and for the region," Rouhani said during a televised speech. "The only path is definitely the path of ...
10 Feb, 2021, 06.24 PM IST
Trump-Tehran's tussle decoded: How a share over oil spoils almost led to full-blown warThe genesis of the turmoil that lead to the recent killing of Iran's top military general Qassem Soleimani goes back to 1980 when the Briti...
10 Jan, 2020, 03.17 PM IST
US is ready to trust Iran. That’s a big change: Michael Axworthy"There is quite a strong hint from the Iranian side that they might be prepared to assist towards some kind of settlement," says Michael Ax...
03 Dec, 2013, 06.15 AM IST
- Congress, Samajwadi Party, RLD support ban on Salman Rushdie's visit to India
The "secular parties" on Tuesday were falling over each other to coddle the fatwa-issuing clerics and support their latest directive.
11 Jan, 2012, 04.46 AM IST