During the transition phase, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is likely to play a decisive role in managing the affair.

A senior Israeli official told Reuters that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes.

The radical cleric took over as supreme leader in 1989 and is likely to be replaced by hardline figures

Iranian state television confirmed early Sunday that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has been killed, marking the most consequential political shift in Iran

The supreme leader of Iran embraced hardline policies against increasing pressure for reform.

The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has been killed in a joint US-Israeli air strikes on Saturday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, dies at 86 amid escalating Israel-Iran conflict, raising concerns of regional instability.

State media says attack that claimed Khamenei's life "occurred in the early hours of Saturday"; 40 days of mourning and seven days of public holidays announced in Iran.

The successor to Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Ali Khamenei embodied the Islamic Republic, setting its political course both domestically and abroad. Over the course of his rule,…

Supreme leader of Iran who maintained theocratic rule at home and an anti-western axis of resistance in the Middle East

He was killed on Saturday in air strikes by Israel and the U.S. that pulverised his central Tehran compound.

During the transition phase, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is likely to play a decisive role in managing the affair.

Khamenei assumed power following the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, inheriting a revolutionary state still consolidating itself.

The successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was killed during a US-Israel missile attack on Tehran

Donald Trump has called on the Iranian people to rise up and take over their government. But power struggles and brutal crackdowns on protesters could result in greater chaos,…

The plans include the formation of an interim leadership council including the president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist from the Guardian Council, the body that oversees…

Iran's surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue.

On Saturday, Iran’s supreme leader was killed in a military strike on his compound as Israel and the US launched attacks on the country. Patrick Wintour reports

Amid scenes of celebration and mourning, the formation of an interim government and ongoing bombings, Iran has entered a period of profound uncertainty, where the Islamic…