Khamenei

Suspension of the impeachment of the Minister of Interior due to Khamenei's opposition

Ali Motahari thanked the signatories of the impeachment motion for Rahmani Fazli and announced that the motion was postponed due to Khamenei's opposition...

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Khamenei: Blood money should be paid to some families

The number of people killed, injured, and arrested in the November protests is still unclear, but Khamenei has called some of the victims "martyrs" and paid blood money...

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Brian Hook: Khamenei called the Iranian people thugs, but he was actually describing his own regime

Brian Hook, the US State Department's representative for Iran, praised the people's protests against "corruption and human rights violations"...

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Protesters attacked the offices of Khamenei's representatives in cities; names of 9 seminaries and offices of Friday imams

Some citizen journalist reports to Voice of America indicate that protesters targeted the offices of Khamenei's representatives in the cities where the protests took place.

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US sanctions Khamenei's son and a number of his close associates

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Mojtaba Khamenei and several other individuals, including the chief of staff of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. Those…

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Report: Khamenei's family members and relatives have seized ownership and control of Iran's news media

According to research released this week by the Doublethink Institute, an independent think tank based in Washington, D.C.…

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Protest of the families of three signatories of the letter calling for Khamenei's resignation: Temporary detention is torture

The families of three of the signatories of the "letter calling for Khamenei's resignation" have expressed their concern for the umpteenth time about their continued detention...

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Khamenei's involvement in the case of detained environmental activists

The case of environmental activists was referred to the Supreme National Security Council on the orders of the Leader of the Islamic Republic. Khamenei is said to have demanded…

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