Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Israel is fighting on four fronts and has killed everyone who could end it - comment

Three years in, with four fronts still open and everyone who had power in December 2023 killed by Israeli fire, can this war ever end?

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2026.
Protesters raise Hezbollah and Iranian flags, after the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Iran, during a rally in solidarity with the Iranian regime, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 1, 2026. 

Lebanon sentences anti-Hezbollah activists to 15 years in absentia for ‘inciting’ IDF action

A Lebanese court sentenced anti-Hezbollah activists in absentia over allegations they incited Israeli military action.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
MEMBERS OF the Iranian security forces stand guard under a large portrait of Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

Regime hardliner's controversial Telegram post sparks censure, warnings from Islamic Republic

Rasaei later denied that his message was intended as a critique of the ayatollah, claiming he was among the first to endorse Khamenei after his father was killed.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A woman walks past a billboard featuring an image of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a building, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026

Islamic regime sentences Iranian to prison for handing out candy after Khamenei's assassination

Despite the Islamic regime’s internet shutdown, reports of celebrations across Iran broke out following the assassination of the dictator on February 28.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Israel has 'drawn near final stages of their cursed demise,' Khamenei says in latest statement

Khamenei threatened US bases across the Middle East, claimed Israel was nearing its demise, and praised Hezbollah’s operations against Israel.

MAY 26, 2026ByJAMES GENN
An Iranian man holds a poster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as locals gather for an anti-Israel and anti-US ceremony in Tehran, May 24, 2026; illustrative.

Iran’s instability as Mossad operations reshape the balance of power - opinion

Iran’s instability grows as intelligence operations reshape the regional balance.

MAY 6, 2026ByERFAN FARD
Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.

Catherine Perez-Shakdam to share firsthand insight on Iranian regime at JPost conference

Shakdam offers a perspective that blends geopolitical analysis with lived reality

MAY 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds

Parents at the school claimed the displaced individuals forced their way into the school, some hinting that Hezbollah arranged to take the educational institute by force.

MAY 3, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Lebanese displaced by nearly two months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continue to live in makeshift tents and shelters in the Biel open space near the shore, on April 27, 2026, in Beirut, Lebanon.

After US-Israeli strikes, it’s time for regime change in Iran - opinion

"We stand with those in Iran who stand for freedom. I believe that a day will come when this horrible tyranny will disappear."

APRIL 25, 2026ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
Late Israeli intelligence official Uri Lubrani standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2015.

Israel, US believe Mojtaba Khamenei not functioning as leader, IRGC commanders make choices for him

The NYT reported that Khamenei remains "mentally sharp and engaged," receiving handwritten notes with updates from the outside world.

APRIL 23, 2026ByAMICHAI STEIN
Mojtaba Khamenei, son of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Grateful for the elimination of Ali Larijani - opinion

Larijani was the mastermind behind much of the Iranian regime’s policy and a man with a long history of oppressing the Azerbaijani nation. 

APRIL 19, 2026ByAHMED OBALI
Iranian security chief Ali Larijani takes part in a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, March 13, 2026

I-RAN: How Trump reshaped the battlefield with Tehran - opinion

Freedom will indeed come for the Persian people; it is only a matter of time.

APRIL 13, 2026ByMIKE EVANS
A graffiti of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 8, 2025

'Iran will not forfeit its rights': Statement attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei read on state TV

"Iran is not seeking war but will not forfeit its rights and considers all resistance fronts as a unified entity," Khamenei added.

APRIL 9, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
State media in Iran published a written message from the new leader on Thursday evening after nearly two weeks without any message or sign of him. These outlets also appear to have used image-enhancement tools to make Mojtaba Khamenei’s face look more polished

Iran’s ‘jihad of knowledge’ was never about its people - opinion

How the Islamic Republic weaponized science, hollowed out its universities, and left its citizens to pay the price

APRIL 9, 2026BySARA BAZOOBANDI
The ‘jihad of knowledge’ is a state doctrine, introduced by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated by Israel and the US in the opening strike of the current war.