Ayatollah Khameini

Iran

Exclusive: ‘Give me a gun and I’ll fight for Iran,’ says George Galloway aide

Politicians warn UK influencers visiting Islamic Republic are ‘soft-power warriors’ spreading regime propaganda

By Jane Prinsley

6 min read

The BBC's Lyse Doucet covering the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (BBC News)

Iran

BBC deal with regime over Supreme Leader’s funeral coverage is ‘disgusting’, say expat Iranian staff

By Ali Hamedani

6 min read

BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from Khamenei's funeral in Tehran (Image: BBC)

By Stephen Pollard

Terrorists, tyrants, loons – and the BBC – descend on Khamenei’s funeral

4 min read

Iran

Iranian foreign minister sits down with Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis at Ali Khamenei funeral

By JC Reporter

2 min read

What is believed to be last picture of Ali Khamenei was originally posted on X by Press TV before being removed (Image: X/Open Source Intel)

Ayatollah Khameini

Iran releases ‘last picture of Ali Khamenei’

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

Iran

Iran’s grand ayatollahs issue fatwa calling on Muslims worldwide to avenge Khamenei’s death

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

Iran

Iran reportedly selects Khamenei’s son as new supreme leader

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Israel spent years hacking ‘nearly every traffic camera in Tehran’ in run-up to strike on Khamenei

Intelligence agents ‘knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem’ long before Saturday’s hit

By Jamie Shapiro

1 min read

March 3, 2026 17:03

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Isralei airstrike (Photo: Getty)

Student society gives advice on ‘collective grief’ after Khamenei killed

A charity under investigation for its alleged links to the regime also held a vigil for the Ayatollah, who was killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

March 2, 2026 16:06

The Absocs advised students on their mental health during this period (Photo: Instagram)

Iranian dissidents branded ‘filthy Zionists’ by Gaza mob in London

Demonstrators held placards bearing the ayatollah’s face and the words ‘Choose the right side of history’

By Jamie Shapiro

2 min read

February 2, 2026 12:03

A placard branding Iranian dissidents 'Zionist scum' (Photo: Jame Shapiro)

By Jacob Jaffa

Could Khameini be the next Maduro?

With the Venezuelan dictator seized and deposed, and the US escalating its rhetoric against Iran, the Islamic regime’s supreme leader finds himself in the hot seat

2 min read

January 5, 2026 10:55

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei (left), during a state television broadcast in June 2025, and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro aboard the USS Iwo Jima after being seized by US forces in Caracas on January 3 (Getty Images/Truth Social)

By Ellie Borhan

Iran’s regime-made ecological disaster and the threat to Europe

A failing state of 90 million people, running out of water and air, will produce mass migration, regional unrest and even more terror

3 min read

December 12, 2025 16:32

The dried-up riverbed of Zayanderud in Isfahan, Iran (Image: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

Iran, Russia, China: the rising axis threatening Britain

A Shaheed drone on the Commons floor is a warning the UK can no longer afford to ignore. Tougher action against Tehran, Moscow and Beijing must follow

3 min read

October 30, 2025 15:53