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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iranian newspaper publishes ‘Revenge list’ after the killing of Ali Khamenei, names foreign leaders like Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

OpIndia Staff - 13 July, 2026

The development came as several American media organisations reported that Iran had allegedly discussed plans to assassinate Donald Trump.

News Reports

Iran’s president Pezeshkian formally invites PM Modi to attend the late supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s state funeral

OpIndia Staff - 24 June, 2026

Iran has formally invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the state funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, starting from 4th of July.

News Reports

‘Trump’s ‘kissing my a**’ remark on Saudi Crown Prince sparks outrage: Here’s how Muslims in Indian subcontinent reacted and why it triggered an ‘Ummah...

Shriti Sagar - 29 March, 2026

When a Saudi Arabian leader is disrespected, or an Iranian leader is assassinated, it elicits a personal, religious outrage.

Israel attacks Iran’s major steel plants, nuclear power infra in fresh strikes despite Trump’s extended ‘pause’ announcement, Tehran vows ‘heavy price’

OpIndia Staff - 28 March, 2026

Iranian officials have warned of strong retaliation. Araghchi said Iran will “exact a heavy price” for the continued attacks.

News Reports

Iran launches 61st wave of strikes against Israel as part of “Operation True Promise 4”, fires cluster missiles to avenge the killing of security...

OpIndia Staff - 18 March, 2026

According to the Iranian news agency, the IRGC assaulted over 100 military and security targets in Tel Aviv.

Opinions

India’s strategic tightrope in the US-Israel war against Iran: As a closed Strait of Hormuz threatens energy supplies, will PM Modi play the peacemaker?

Divyansh Tiwari - 13 March, 2026

In the middle of the smoke and confusion, all eyes are on New Delhi. India, a developing powerhouse with deep, ancient civilizational ties to Iran as well as a powerful, modern strategic engagement with Israel and the United States, is currently walking the closest diplomatic tightrope of its modern history.

News Reports

Who is Mojtaba Ali Khamenei: Slain Ayatollah’s ‘radical’ son who has just lost most of his family chosen as the next Supreme Leader by...

Rukma Rathore - 9 March, 2026

Mojtaba Ali Khamenei has been viewed as "a combination of aide-de-camp, confidant, gatekeeper and power broker," in Iran.

News Reports

Iran elects son of Mojtaba Khamenei as new Supreme Leader, US President Donald Trump calls the decision ‘unacceptable’

OpIndia Staff - 9 March, 2026

An official statement released on Sunday (8th March) read, "By a decisive vote, the Assembly of Experts appointed Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the third Leader of the sacred system of the Islamic Republic of Iran."

Opinions

Indian Express column by Samajwadi Party spokesperson goes on a speculation overdrive on Iran-US war, predicts doom and destruction in India, so BJP loses...

Shraddha Pandey - 6 March, 2026

“From the lens of Indian politics, the dangerous, pre-planned and illegitimate attack of the US and Israel on Iran, leading to the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, could prove to be such a Black Swan event for the BJP,” Ghanshyam Tiwari wrote in the article titled, “West Asia crisis may just be the Black Swan Event hurts the BJP in India”.

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