Posts Tagged: Khamenei
The Media Takes Sides in the Iran War — and It’s Usually Sympathetic to Iran
Who could forget The Washington Post's foolish unforced error in 2019 when its obituary for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed Caliph of ISIS, called him...
Khamenei Is Dead — But the IRGC Is Already Plotting His Replacement: Why the US Should Reject a Cosmetic ‘Transition’
Over the weekend, Iranian state media officially confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The 86-year-old ruler, who steered the Islamic Republic’s hostile foreign...
‘A Bushy Beard and Easy Smile’: Western Media’s Grotesque Framing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Death
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was only the second Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He assumed power in 1989 following the death of Ayatollah...
Israel Says Attacks on Iran Are ‘Nothing’ Compared With What is Coming
Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and...
Supreme Leader Khamenei Says Iran Demonstrated its Power Against Israel
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei thanked the country's armed forces for their attack this month on Israel, saying the country had demonstrated its power regardless...
Meta’s Oversight Board Tells Company To Allow ‘Death to Khamenei’ Posts
Meta's Oversight Board on Monday overturned the company's decision to remove a Facebook post that used the slogan "death to Khamenei" to criticize the Iranian...
Iranians Strike to Mark 2019 Protests in Fresh Rebuff to Ruling Clerics
Iranians went on strike in several cities on Tuesday to commemorate the 2019 protests over fuel prices, a display of dissent that was crushed by...
Analysis: Iran’s Unrest Sounds Death Knell for Once Vibrant Reformists
The protests sweeping Iran have sounded the death knell for a once vibrant reform movement, revealing a big divide with Iranians in the streets demanding...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Near Death? What the Media Obituaries Must Remember
Shortly after The New York Times published a story on Friday alleging that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was “gravely ill” and being monitored...
Iran’s Khamenei Blames ‘Cowardly’ US for Pause in Nuclear Talks
Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday declared Tehran would not accept Washington's "stubborn" demands in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and said the United...
Iran’s Khamenei Backs Barring Moderate, Conservative Candidates From June Vote
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported a hardline watchdog body's disqualification of leading moderate and conservative candidates seeking to run in the June presidential...
Khamenei Criticizes Iran’s Foreign Minister Over Leaked Remarks
Iran's supreme leader on Sunday criticized its foreign minister, who said in a leaked interview that the elite Revolutionary Guards had more influence in foreign...
Iranian Commander: US No Longer Capable of Confronting Muslim Countries
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that the United States was no longer in a position to confront Muslim countries,...
In Open Letter to Western Youth, Iran’s Supreme Leader Calls Israel Terrorist State
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei called Israel a terrorist state in an open letter to Western youth, the Islamist Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday. In the...
