Ahmad Vahidi, a former Quds Force commander wanted by Interpol since 2007 for the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, was appointed deputy chief of Iran's armed forces general staff in October 2025. Vahidi has previously served as Iran's Minister of Defense and Interior.
"US must know they stabbed the heart of the nation, their heart will be stabbed too," Larijani said, according to Press TV, vowing retaliation after what Tehran called a US-Israeli attack that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, also called the "Leader of the Islamic Revolution."
Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahli, Chairman of the Islamic Centre of India, on Sunday condemned the US-Israel strikes that resulted in the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Thousands in Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad gathered to mourn Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Saturday, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) reported.
He described the actions of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as cowardly, saying they had "signed their own death warrants." Maulana Jawad praised Khamenei as a leader who consistently supported the oppressed and called his death a great loss to huma
The network reported that Khamenei was killed in what Iranian authorities characterised as an assassination. The news referred to as 'tragic' by Press TV, the presenter in the footage referred to him as the "Leader of the Islamic Revolution." He described the news of the death as "confirm
Iran is observing 40 days of public mourning following the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media. In Shia Islam, the 40th day after death (Arba'een) holds immense spiritual weight.
The might of Israel and American forces who have initiated a joint operation against Iran is overwhelming, and the bottom line is very clear that the regime in Tehran is going down, Amir Avivi, Brigadier General (retd) and founder and CEO of the Israel Defence and Security Forum (IDSF) ha
"A U.S. military base in Bahrain was targeted by Iranian missile strikes," said the Iranian embassy on X, while posting a video of the aftermath of the strike, with plumes of smoke visible.
One rallying point for the Iranian people over the last few months of intensified protests has been the former crown prince Reza Pahlavi, who dubbed the strike a humanitarian intervention.