Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.
Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 10, 2026 TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has elevated longtime Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohsen Rezaei to secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, placing a [...]
Iran’s president and foreign minister were physically attacked this week by supporters of a hard-line faction that vehemently opposes any deal with the United States.
While claiming Iran’s victory over America, the new Khamenei inadvertently reveals an increase in Iran’s internal political and economic problems.
Published May 25, 2026 The mystery surrounding Iran’s new supreme leader is rapidly becoming one of the biggest geopolitical stories in the Middle East. Reports from multiple international outlets claim that Mojtaba Khamenei — the [...]
Decision making in Iran is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Hard-line regime figures seem to be calling the shots in Tehran, complicating U.S. efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Khamenei was chosen as the Iranian supreme leader after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died in the first U.S.-Israeli strikes of the war.
Published March 22, 2026 A Leader No One Has Seen Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has yet to make a single public appearance since reportedly taking office — fueling widespread speculation about his [...]