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Khomeini and Khamenei: The Legacy of Iran’s Theocratic Rule Under Threat
They began as quiet scholars. They ended up reshaping the Middle East. The untold story of how Khomeini and Khamenei turned ...
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Report: Search for Khamenei's successor accelerates amid assassination fears
A committee of three senior clerics who are supposed to announce Khamenei's successor "has accelerated its work in recent ...
NDTV Exclusive: Inside The Notorious Prison Where Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Was Tortured
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He is a powerful figure in the Middle East ...
Succession plans for Iran's Khamenei hit top gear
Two frontrunners have emerged in the succession discussions, the five insiders said: Khamenei's 56-year-old son Mojtaba, long ...
Frontrunners emerge as Iranian officials discuss possible successors to Khamenei: report
Frontrunners reportedly are emerging to replace Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who remains in a bunker ...
Analysis: A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its grinding war with Israel
The bombing has quieted in Iran’s 12-day conflict with Israel, but the battle over the future of Tehran is likely to soon ...
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What to know about Iran's supreme leader : NPR
Khamenei is only the second supreme leader since Iran's Islamic revolution in 1979. He succeeded the similarly-named but unrelated Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who had been the leading figure in ...