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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 341

Ali Khamenei

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, August 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 27, 2024, 6:07 pm
Iran’s Khamenei urges new government to impose tighter cyberspace controls
Supreme leader’s demand comes despite campaign promise by new president Pezeshkian to ease the longstanding internet restrictions
By AFP and Reuters
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with the President Masoud Pezeshkian's administration, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, August 27, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
August 27, 2024, 5:08 pm
Iran’s Khamenei backs resumption of nuclear talks with ‘enemy’ US
Supreme leader gives new president go-ahead to pursue negotiations, but warns against trusting Washington, echoing comments made before 2015 pact between Tehran and world powers
By AP
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leads prayers over Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s coffin at Tehran University as Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian stands to his right, August 1, 2024 (Screen grab/AFP)
August 1, 2024, 1:37 pm
Iran, Hamas leaders vow revenge on Israel at Haniyeh’s Tehran funeral procession
Parliament speaker pledges to carry out supreme leader’s order to exact ‘harsh punishment’ on Jewish state, which has neither confirmed nor denied assassination
By AFP and ToI Staff
Hezbollah fighters parade in front of a poster showing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei during a rally to mark Jerusalem day, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
August 1, 2024, 5:09 am
Iran-led axis likely to launch joint attack, but can’t reverse Israeli gains in Gaza
After strikes in Beirut and Tehran – and a US attack in Iraq – Tehran will look to retaliate. Hamas, meanwhile, seems unable to do much, with hostage deal its best shot at survival
By Lazar Berman
Iranian workers install a huge banner on a wall showing a portrait of Hamas terror group leader Ismail Haniyeh and the Dome of the Rock shrine atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem with a sign that reads in Farsi and Hebrew: 'Expect harsh punishment,' at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 1, 2024, 1:53 am
Khamenei said to order direct strike on Israel after Haniyeh killed in Tehran
Iranian officials tell NYT that options being weighed include a coordinated assault with Tehran’s proxies, say defense plans also being readied in case Israel or US strikes Iran
By ToI Staff
Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sits next to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a mourning ceremony commemorating the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, as a portrait of the late President Ebrahim Raisi is placed at center, in Tehran, Iran, July 12, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 28, 2024, 12:00 pm
Khamenei endorses Iran’s president-elect Pezeshkian ahead of Tuesday’s swearing-in
Reformist thanks supreme leader and voters for ‘heavy burden’ of presidency, though ultimate authority remains with Khamenei
By AFP
In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Iran's President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, left, sits next to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a mourning ceremony commemorating the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, as a portrait of the late President Ebrahim Raisi is placed at center, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 12, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 18, 2024, 10:24 pm
How Iran’s Khamenei, fearing for regime, orchestrated Pezeshkian’s rise to power
With discontent running high, sources tell Reuters, Khamenei set the stage for little-known moderate to win, believing his election would guarantee Islamic Republic’s survival
By Parisa Hafezi
Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian after casting his ballot during the presidential runoff elections in Shareh Qods, west of Tehran on July 5, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 10, 2024, 10:48 am
Pezeshkian’s win doesn’t change the fact that Iran is dangerously close to the bomb
Relatively moderate president can move the needle on domestic issues and will be committed to talks with West to relieve sanctions, but real power resides with the supreme leader
By Lazar Berman
Supporters cheer as newly-elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) arrives at the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
July 9, 2024, 3:49 am
US not expecting policy change from Iran after election of reformist president
Administration spokespeople downplay chances to resume nuclear talks with Tehran, noting that supreme leader Khamenei still calls shot as Massoud Pezeshkian enters office
By AFP
Reformist candidate for Iran's presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian clenches his fists during a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
July 6, 2024, 2:12 pm
Masoud Pezeshkian: From heart surgeon to Iran’s new reformist president-elect
Pezeshkian has indicated he wants better ties with West, return to nuclear accord, less enforcement of hijab law. But he won’t challenge Khamenei or the regime’s theocratic system
By AP
Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian after casting his ballot during the presidential runoff elections in Shareh Qods, west of Tehran on July 5, 2024 (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
July 6, 2024, 11:06 am
Iranian reformist Masoud Pezeshkian wins presidential election
Victor promises to ease hardline laws, but supports Khamenei and says he wants good ties with ‘all countries except Israel’; turnout at 49.8%, with 600,000 spoiled ballots
By Agencies
Women get their ballot paper during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 29, 2024, 9:17 am
With voter turnout low, Iran presidential election results too close to call
Low-key moderate Massoud Pezeshkian, former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili are neck-and-neck in vote count in snap vote to replace late president Raisi after helicopter crash
By AP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot during the presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, June 28, 2024. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
June 28, 2024, 11:35 am
Weary Iranians head to polls to replace president killed in chopper crash
Public faces few choices in election marred by economic troubles, Middle East tensions; some call to boycott vote to avoid legitimizing regime, as supreme leader urges high turnout
By Agencies
People walk past an installation depicting a replica of a ballot box along a street in Tehran on June 26, 2024. (Raheb Homavandi / AFP)
June 28, 2024, 6:55 am
Iranians set to vote for new president with sole reformist on ballot
Masoud Pezeshkian faces off against conservative Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili as Tehran replaces Raisi following deadly helicopter crash
By Ramin Khanizadeh and Ahmad Parhizi
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, visits an exhibition of the country's nuclear achievements, at his office compound in Tehran, Iran, June 11, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader, via AP, File)
June 27, 2024, 11:28 pm
Iran’s leaders mulling nuclear weapons, NYT says, citing Iranian officials
Report says Iran has ‘cemented its role as a threshold nuclear state’, and US officials divided on whether it will take the ‘final step’
By ToI Staff
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