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Ali Larijani speaks to members of the press aside of an International Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly on October 9, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. A top Iranian security official made a thinly veiled ...
His father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had turned what was traditionally a religious affairs office into a shadowy national security juggernaut. By Neil MacFarquhar In the political annals of the Islamic ...
On the morning of Feb. 28, 2026, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike on his Tehran compound. He was one of the central figures of the system from the earliest days of the ...
The six U.S. service members killed in an Iranian drone attack over the weekend were working in a tactical operations center in Kuwait that offered little protection from overhead strikes, according ...
If Mojtaba Khamenei is chosen by Iran’s senior clerics, it may signal a victory for hard-liners, an analyst said. By Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi has lived and worked in Iran, has covered the country ...
Inflation is re-emerging as the crucial worry in the $30 trillion Treasuries market as investors see the risk of a protracted conflict in the Mideast that keeps crude prices elevated. For weeks, haven ...
There’s no denying it. For all Elon Musk’s foibles, he and Tesla have played an instrumental role in accelerating the car industry’s shift towards electrification and autonomy. Love him or loathe him, ...
As outlined in its constitution, Iran on Sunday formed a council to assume leadership duties and govern the country. The council is made up of Iran’s sitting president, the head of the country’s ...
Iran Obit Ayatollah Ali Khamenei FILE - In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks under a portrait of the ...
His death was confirmed by President Trump, who joined Israeli leaders in calling for the overthrow of Khamenei's authoritarian regime as the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes across Iran. The ...
A North Attleborough man convicted of fatally stabbing a man outside a bar in Providence in 2010 was sentenced to prison on Friday. Two men charged after alleged shoplifting, police chase in Coventry ...