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
Who might succeed in Iran's theocratic system of power?Iran is nearing a decision on its next supreme leader following Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death. The Assembly of Experts, a body of senior c...
08 Mar, 2026, 03.40 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
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
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
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
From Uttar Pradesh to Pakistan, a terror-inspired tripIn 2012, he contacted Umar's deputy, Qasim, also a resident of Sambhal but who had migrated to accompany his master.
17 Dec, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
AICC distances from P Chidambaram’s comment; Natwar Singh, Mani Shankar Aiyar differThe AICC distanced itself from senior Congress leader P Chidambaram’s comment that the Rajiv Gandhi regime’s “ban” on The Satanic Verses wa...
30 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST