Ayatollah-Ali-Khamenei

The first day of the final farewell ceremony for martyred leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla was marked by deep grief, emotion, and pledges of resistance. In the presence of millions of mourners, chants of ‘Inteqam, Inteqam’ (Revenge, Revenge) repeatedly echoed throughout the venue. At one point, the crowd chanted in unison, ‘Marg Bar Amrika’ (Death to America), ‘Marg Bar Israel’ (Death to Israel), and ‘Labbaik Ya Khamenei’ (O Khamenei, we are ready f...

Iran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was not only a prominent figure in Iran but also an influential political and religious personality in Iraq, particularly among Iraq’s Shia community, according to Paul Musgrave, an associate professor at Georgetown University in Qatar. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Musgrave said Iraq’s Shia Muslims form the majority of the population and that Khamenei maintained long-standing religious, political, and ideological ties with the com...