In Iran the supreme leader is the heart of a complex power-sharing theocracy and has final say over all matters of state. The ...

WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. military announced on Sunday the first American casualties of President ⁠Donald ...

President Trump spoke about the ongoing U.S. operation against Iran on Sunday afternoon and acknowledged it is “likely” that ...

Iran’s constitution calls for an assembly of experts to choose the next supreme leader, but that may not be possible in wartime.

Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, said the transition process following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...

Iranian state-run television has confirmed the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed at his office early on Saturday, the broadcasts said. Iranian media said the country ...

Questions remain over who succeed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who Iranian state media said was killed in U ...

With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's death, Iran has activated its constitutional succession process, placing interim leadership in the hands of senior clerics while the Assembly of Experts deliberates.

The killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israel airstrikes has triggered leadership uncertainty, military ...

The council also includes President Masoud Pezeshkian, Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, and another cleric from ...

The regime has moved quickly to project continuity and stability. By invoking constitutional mechanisms and activating the temporary governing arrangement, authorities aim to signal that the system ...

The US president also said 48 Iranian leaders had been killed and that the US military had started sinking Iran's Navy, destroying nine Iranian warships so far and "going after the rest".