Ayatollah Khamenei

Protests are rocking Iran after the death of a young woman in police custody. An Iranian writer joins us to think about how they connect to past protests, and where they could lead.

Sept. 30 2022 12:01AM

Despite what the president thinks.

Clifford May
April 7 2016 12:01AM

It just took another American hostage.

Lawrence Franklin
Nov. 3 2015 12:01AM

Rumors of the Supreme Leader of Iran’s demise are circulating.

Ali Alfoneh
March 12 2015 1:01AM

Last week, high-ranking Iranian politicians and clergymen eulogized Moshfeq Kashani, who served as court poet to the ayatollahs. As it happens, Kashani’s death fell close. . .

Jan. 26 2015 12:01AM

The recent decision by Iran and the U.S. to extend the deadline for an agreement on nuclear weapons is based on a fundamental fallacy that. . .

Nov. 26 2014 12:01AM

This year, the Shiite holiday of Ashura coincided with another Iranian national holiday: the anniversary of the takeover of the American embassy on November 4,. . .

A. Savyon, Y. Mansharof and and E. Kharazi
Nov. 18 2014 12:01AM

As the deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran looms on the horizon, Iran’s Supreme Leader has stepped up his calls for Israel’s annihilation. It. . .

Micahel Rubin
Nov. 12 2014 12:01AM

President Obama’s recent letter to Ayatollah Khameini, the forth such personal appeal to Iran’s Supreme Leader, can serve only to undermine efforts at preventing Iran. . .

Suzanne Maloney
Nov. 10 2014 12:01AM

It takes a special blindness to the role of religion in Iranian politics to think that Ayatollah Khamenei will willingly abandon his quest for nuclear weapon.

Dec. 2 2013 12:00AM

We are paying in American prestige to negotiate with Ayatollah Khamenei. Others will pay in blood.

Nov. 26 2013 12:00AM

Attempting to reassure the world that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, the Obama administration claims that Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa against them.. . .

Nov. 19 2013 12:00AM

Saeed Jalili, the reputed front-runner to be Iran's next president, owes his meteoric rise to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei—and repays his mentor with absolute loyalty. 

Abbas Milani
June 13 2013 12:00AM