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Iran’s Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israel attack
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rose from young cleric to Iran’s supreme leader, shaping the Islamic Republic for decades. He expanded state control, empowered the Revolutionary Guard and crushed mass protests, from the 2009 Green Movement to the 2022 uprising. In 2025, amid Israeli and U.S. strikes, he vanished from public view, leaving a power vacuum.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rose from young cleric to Iran’s supreme leader, shaping the Islamic Republic for decades. He expanded state control, empowered the Revolutionary Guard and crushed mass protests, from the 2009 Green Movement to the 2022 uprising. In 2025, amid Israeli and U.S. strikes, he vanished from public view, leaving a power vacuum.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rose from young cleric to Iran’s supreme leader, shaping the Islamic Republic for decades. He expanded state control, empowered the Revolutionary Guard and crushed mass protests, from the 2009 Green Movement to the 2022 uprising. In 2025, amid Israeli and U.S. strikes, he vanished from public view, leaving a power vacuum.
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