ARTICLES RELATING TO AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI

Iran leader says 'to hell' with critics

2013-06-14 12:00

Iran's top leader has sharp words for US critics of his country's presidential election, which has just got under way.

Ahmadinejad to 'challenge' ally's banning

2013-05-22 11:01

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will take up the ban of his close aide from the presidential election with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, reports Iranian media.

Iran nuke talks: Counter-offers discussed

2013-02-27 11:14

World powers and Iran are due to respond to offers presented by both sides in a final day of talks aimed at breaking a decade of deadlock over Tehran's nuclear drive.

Iran's Ayatollah 'likes' Facebook

2012-12-17 22:03

Facebook - banned in Iran due to its use by activists - has an unlikely new member: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Ayatollah urges more babies

2012-07-29 21:49

In a major reversal of once far-reaching family planning policies, Iran authorities are now slashing its birth-control programs in an attempt to avoid an ageing demographic.

Iran vows to stick to nuclear 'path'

2012-04-02 17:05

Iran has declared it will not be swayed from its nuclear "path" by sanctions, a week before talks with world powers that are increasingly seen as a last chance for diplomacy.

Iran's parliament summons Ahmadinejad

2012-02-07 17:58

Iran's parliament has summoned President Ahmadinejad over accusations of mismanaging the economy.

Ahmadinejad aide convicted over slur

2012-01-15 22:58

A close aide to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been given a one-year jail sentence for insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

IAEA - detail on Iran atom bomb soon

2011-10-10 20:00

The UN atomic watchdog is expected to spell out in more detail soon the reasons for its growing concern that Iran may be working covertly to develop a nuclear missile.

Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah clash over nukes

2011-07-22 22:12

An intellegence report says the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to develop nuclear arms openly

Iran Ayatollah vetoes Ahmadinejad

2011-04-23 21:47

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reiterated his constitutional right to veto any decisions by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Muslims 'must fight US, UK'

2010-07-21 15:10

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called on Muslims to fight the "blind and savage terrorism" fuelled by US and Britain.

Ahmadinejad alienates Russia

2010-05-27 21:14

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has never shied away from lambasting Iran's foes. Now he has alienated Russia, which has long helped delay or dilute UN sanctions.

Iran spurns US nuclear summit

2010-04-12 15:15

Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog has spurned the US nuclear summit, saying any decision taken at the conference is not binding on nations absent from the event.

Iran's Khamenei slams US, Israel

2010-03-21 19:04

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the enemies of the Islamic republic had plans to start a "civil war" after the last elections.

Student stuns Iran

2009-11-06 11:05

An unassuming student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticise the country's most powerful man to his face.

'Obey Ahmadinejad like God'

2009-08-12 20:12

A hardline cleric considered to be the mentor of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Iranians to follow the president, saying that obeying him is like obeying God.

Ahmadinejad endorsed

2009-08-03 11:18

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president amid intense political turmoil.

Mousavi 'an American agent'

2009-07-04 20:48

A top aide to Iran's all-powerful leader has accused the country's main opposition leader of being an American agent who should be tried for treason.

Iran frees embassy staff

2009-06-29 10:02

Iran says it has freed five of the British embassy staff it arrested on accusations of stoking post-election unrest.

'We are surprised at Mr Obama'

2009-06-27 22:27

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has vowed to make the US regret its criticism of Iran, saying the Obama administration's mask has been removed.

Iran opposition to press on

2009-06-25 07:40

Iran's opposition leaders have vowed to press on with challenges to an election they say was rigged, even as the government appeared to have crushed protests.

Iran street rallies 'quelled'

2009-06-24 07:23

A security crackdown appears to have quelled street rallies against Iran's disputed poll, but the leadership is facing a new challenge.

Mousavi defies supreme leader

2009-06-22 11:39

Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi and a popular reformist former president are boldly defying the country's supreme leader by supporting continued protests.

Iran protesters tear gassed

2009-06-20 15:42

Witnesses say police are using teargas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters rallying in Tehran to demand a new presidential election.

 

Reformists hopeful as Iran goes to polls

2013-06-14 11:25

Iranians have voted to choose a new president in an election the reformists hope their sole candidate will win in the face of divided conservative ranks.

Iran presidential hopefuls play safe

2013-03-07 09:01

With just 100 days to go until a presidential election in Iran, both conservative heavyweights and reformists have weakened after the controversial 2009 poll.

Iran officials ordered to stop feuding

2013-02-07 17:39

Iran's supreme leader has ordered officials to stop feuding, days after a bitter battle between two of the country's most powerful politicians erupted in public.

Israel 'will disappear', says Iran

2012-08-16 16:46
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Israel is an artificial "outgrowth" in the Middle East that "will disappear", Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said ahead of rallies against the Jewish state.

Iran nuke talks 'show progress'

2012-04-14 17:30

Diplomat says talks between Iran, 6 world powers, show encouraging progress

Khamenei hails Obama attitude to Iran

2012-03-08 21:51

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has welcomed comments by US President Barack Obama dampening talk of military operations against Iran over its nuclear programme.

Fears Israel may attack Iran nukes

2012-02-05 22:34

After years of warning about a nuclear Iran, Israel seems to be weighing an attack.

Iran will respond to any military threat

2011-11-10 16:15

Iran "will respond with full force" to any attack - or even any threat of military action - the country's supreme leader says, after Israel warned the world must act to prevent Tehran getting nuclear weapons.

Iran leader warns Arabs not to trust US

2011-09-17 22:20

Iran's top leader has warned Arab nations swept up in uprisings against autocratic regimes not to allow the US or Nato to influence the types of post-revolution political systems they form.

Rift between Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah

2011-04-27 14:46

Iran's president has shunned a Cabinet meeting for the second consecutive time, apparently showing his discontent over a recent government appointment.

Mubarak 'servant' of Zionists, US

2011-02-04 13:21

Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is a “servant” of Israel and the United States, Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says.

Iran: Jail, lashes for film maker

2010-06-02 22:13

An Iranian court has confirmed a sentence of three-and-a-half years in jail and 50 lashes for a journalist and film maker found guilty of insulting the supreme leader.

US hikers immediate release unlikely

2010-05-21 14:23

The lawyer for the three Americans jailed in Iran for 10 months says it is "very unlikely" that they will be allowed to return home with their visiting mothers.

Iran leader slams Obama's threat

2010-04-11 16:43

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has slammed US President Barack Obama for threatening a "nuclear attack".

Iran: prisoners beaten to death

2009-12-19 21:59

Iran's hard-line judiciary has acknowledged for the first time that at least three prisoners detained after the disputed presidential election were beaten to death by their jailers.

Iran leader warns opposition

2009-09-12 20:08

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned the country's reformist opposition it would face a "harsh response" for confronting the Islamic establishment.

Iran's loyalty kiss snubbed

2009-08-03 17:03

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has prevented Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from kissing his hand during a ceremony to approve his presidency.

No rift, says Ahmadinejad

2009-07-31 14:18

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says there is no rift between him and Iran's supreme leader, lashing back at criticism from within his own hardline camp.

Bid to placate Iran opposition

2009-06-29 16:07

Iran has conducted a partial vote recount and the hardline president asked for a probe into the death of a woman who has become a symbol of the opposition's struggle.

Iran troubles 'far from over'

2009-06-29 07:58

Experts say the crackdown in Iran cannot easily stamp out the anger left by claims that fraud handed the election to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

No mercy for 'rioters'

2009-06-26 14:22

A hardline Iranian cleric has called for the execution of "rioters" in the latest sign of the authorities' determination to stamp out opposition.

Britons 'involved in unrest'

2009-06-24 12:57

Iran's intelligence minister says some people with British passports were involved in post-election violence in the Islamic Republic.

Iran tense as world alarm grows

2009-06-23 14:21

The streets of Tehran remain tense a day after hundreds of riot police armed with steel clubs and firing tear gas broke up an opposition rally.

Suicide bombing at Iran shrine

2009-06-20 18:27

A suicide bomber has blown himself up near the shrine of Iran’s revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in Tehran, an Iranian news agency says.

Mousavi calls day of mourning

2009-06-17 14:03

Defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has urged supporters to stage protests or gather in mosques to mourn those killed after disputed elections.

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