Ali Khamenei suppressed dissent, kept up confrontation with the US and steered a path between competing political factions in over three-and-a-half decades as Iran's supreme leader.But his domination of the Islamic republic came to an abrupt and bloody end on the morning of February 28, when he was killed along with several close family members in an Israeli air strike based on US intelligence on the first day of a five-week war.

Khamenei's death triggers leadership transition in Iran. Leadership change by December 31 at 16.5% YES.

TEHRAN: Giant portraits of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late supreme leader killed in US-Israeli airstrikes, hung from Tehran’s Grand Mosalla on Tuesday as workers raced to…

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli strike, leading to increased instability; regime fall by end of 2026 at 9.5% YES.

Iran mourns Khamenei after a US-Israeli airstrike. Leadership change by December 31 at 16.5% YES.

Ali Khamenei suppressed dissent, kept up confrontation with the US and steered a path between competing political factions in over three-and-a-half decades as Iran's supreme…

Iran appoints Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader after his father's death. No head of state in Iran by end of 2026 at 2.7% YES.

Iran's former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US-Israeli attacks in late February, is due to be buried on July 9 in the northeastern city of Mashhad.During nearly…

Iran prepares for Ali Khamenei's historic funeral amid leadership transition. No head of state in Iran by end of 2026 at 2.7% YES.

Iran is preparing the largest state funeral in its history for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike on 28 February.