Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

As Iranians rise up against Islamic regime, US and Israel navigate between solidarity and sabotage

REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Any visible Israeli hand risks allowing the regime to reframe an organic uprising as a Zionist plot - but this does not mean that nothing should be done from the outside.

A DEMONSTRATOR raises his arms and makes the victory sign during a protest for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic Republic’s ‘morality police,’ in Tehran in September 2022.
Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

Iranian Basij member, several protesters reported killed on fifth day of nationwide protests

 The writer, Gila Gamliel, meets with His Highness Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, son of the shah of Iran, during his recent visit to Israel.

Minister Gamliel: As protests spread, Iran regime’s weakness is becoming harder to hide - opinion

Supporters of regime change in Iran rally with photos of exiled Iranian opposition leader Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi (L) outside the Wilshire Federal Building on June 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

Crown Prince Pahlavi calls for nationwide strike as Iran protests enter fourth day


Iran’s Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi backs protests: Join your fellow citizens in the streets

Reza Pahlavi backed protests spreading across Iran, calling on all segments of society and security forces to join demonstrators as strikes and rallies grow amid a deepening economic crisis.

Iran's crown prince and now key opposition figure Reza Pahlavi poses during a session photo after a press conference in Paris on June 23, 2025.

Protests erupt across Iran as collapsing rial sparks unrest, regime blames 'enemy' influence

Clashes have reportedly broken out across multiple streets in Tehran, with authorities using tear gas to disperse the protesters.

An Iranian protester sits on a road, blocking Iranian authorities during a mass protests in Tehran, December 29, 2025

Between fear and hope, civic protest survives in Iran -opinion

What began as mourning for a human rights lawyer in Mashhad exposed Iran’s familiar strategy of turning grief into a threat and protest into a crime.

A picture shows traffic in the city of Mashhad, the capital of the province of Khorassan-e Razavi in northeastern Iran, on October 1, 2023

Son of former Iranian ambassador to Australia posts antisemitic message hours before Sydney attack

Citing statements by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Abyaneh wrote that “spiritual defense” during Jewish Hanukkah ceremonies is “necessary.”

The photograph shared by Ahmad Ghadiri Abyaneh, the son of Iran’s former ambassador to Australia, hours before the Bondi beach attack.

Khamenei calls them 'Zionists' – Seven Aban answers with solidarity for Jews and Israel - opinion

The Aban is constantly engaged in discussions with other organizations to cooperate where possible. It also has a clear position on Israel, and opposes antisemitism both inside and outside Iran.

People protest against the Iranian government outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles

Iran plays with fire as economic anger grows, fuel hike may be spark that lights people - analysis

Iran’s looming fuel hike is reviving memories of the deadly 2019 uprising, raising fears that economic pressure could ignite fresh unrest.

A picture taken on November 17, 2019 shows a scorched gas station that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in Eslamshahr, near the Iranian capital of Tehran.

Iran continues crackdown on dissent with human rights lawyer found dead, arrests and disappearances

If the people cannot be persuaded to fear, then they will be forced to, is the mentality behind the ayatollahs’ rule. The result is intimidation, but there is backlash amongst ordinary Iranians.

L-R: Khosro Alikordi, Bita Shafiei, runners from the  Kish Island marathon, Bita and her mother.

'A woman is like a flower': Khamenei defends Iran’s treatment of women as critics cite Mahsa Amini

“A woman is like a flower. A flower must be cared for and protected, and she will enrich you with her color, fragrance, and qualities,” he said.

 Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seen on the backdrop of the pre-revolution flag of Iran (illustrative)

Khamenei’s army: The mysterious US-based Iranian X accounts supporting Iran's regime

A closer examination by The Jerusalem Post of dozens of X accounts replying to Khamenei’s speech revealed a set of numerous common patterns.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over a backdrop of the Iranian flag and screenshots of pro-regime messages on X/Twitter in Arabic.

Iranian-American academic praise of Iranian regime, defense of IRGC sparks outrage

“The leader who kept Iran intact during the Israeli attack, May god protect you and the Iranian people from the Israeli regime,” followed by “goodbye, my friend” in Farsi.

People walk next to a mural with a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025

Inward fury: How Iran has changed domestic oppression after Israel-Iran war

IRAN AFFAIRS: Unable to change the outcome of battle, the Islamic Republic moved quickly after the June 24 ceasefire to reassert its authority at home.

Naz Gharai, from Tehran, is covered in red paint as protesters call on the United Nations to take action against the treatment of women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, during a demonstration near UN headquarters in New York City on November 19