Donald Trump says Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles capable of striking the U.S. Analysts say that's not true.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader who ruled the country for almost four decades, was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, the country’s state media confirmed Sunday.

Iran will respond to US‑Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are, Javed Ali writes.

The United States and Israel have conducted military strikes on Iran amid tensions over the country’s nuclear program. Iran has responded by firing drones and missiles into Israel.

President Trump did not do a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from ...

Rising to power in 1989, Khamenei ruled three times longer than the late Khomeini and shaped Iran dramatically.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei played an important role in the movement that overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in the 1979 revolution.

Khamenei was already under growing pressure long before his compound was among the first targets of Saturday's attack.

The U.S. and Israel early Saturday morning launched strikes against Iran, while President Trump called on the Iranian people to seize the chance to topple their government. “A short time ago, the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Key members of Congress are demanding a swift vote on a war powers resolution that would restrain President Donald Trump’s military attack on Iran unless the administration wins ...

In 2022, Khamenei cracked down on protesters enraged by the death of Iranian-Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in the custody of morality police in September of that year.