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

The US and Iran have long been at odds. They have been in a severely antagonistic relationship since the 1979 Iranian Revolution led to the overthrow of the country's pro-US government.

Reza Khaleghian, 70, came bursting through the door of Naab Cafe on Saturday morning, phone pressed to his ear, fist held in the air, screaming the news in Farsi at anyone who would listen: "Khamenei is dead!

The diversity of the Kurdish parties and their complex ideological roots have meant that unity among them against the Iranian regime has always been a challenge. PAK, for instance, chose to fight ISIS and join with the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq after 2014.

The son of Iran's late shah on Saturday hailed the reported killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the Islamic republic that

With Iran’s fundamentally unpopular government weakened by fierce airstrikes, some of its top leaders dead or missing and Washington signaling support, how hard could it be to overthrow a

If you don’t remember history, you are condemned to repeat it.” Are we on the verge of repeating it once again? The drumbeat between the United States and Iran has grown louder in recent weeks. American carrier strike groups have repositioned in the Persian Gulf.