Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s instability as Mossad operations reshape the balance of power - opinion

Iran’s instability grows as intelligence operations reshape the regional balance.

|ByERFAN FARD
Head of Mossad David Barnea attends a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, as Israel marks the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day. April 23, 2025.
Catherine Perez-Shakdam

Catherine Perez-Shakdam to share firsthand insight on Iranian regime at JPost conference

Shakdam offers a perspective that blends geopolitical analysis with lived reality

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lebanese displaced by nearly two months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continue to live in makeshift tents and shelters in the Biel open space near the shore, on April 27, 2026, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Protests erupt in Lebanon after displaced Shia community refuses to leave private school grounds

Parents at the school claimed the displaced individuals forced their way into the school, some hinting that Hezbollah arranged to take the educational institute by force.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Late Israeli intelligence official Uri Lubrani standing next to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in 2015.

After US-Israeli strikes, it’s time for regime change in Iran - opinion

"We stand with those in Iran who stand for freedom. I believe that a day will come when this horrible tyranny will disappear."

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

Why young Iranians, Americans, and Israelis give me hope - opinion

Stuck in New York and missing Purim in Israel, unexpected hope was found in resilient Israelis, brave Iranians, and young Americans on a college campus.

MARCH 6, 2026ByGIL HOFFMAN
A large crowd of demonstrators gather near the Federal Building in the Westwood area to celebrate and call for freedom for the Iranian people in the wake of U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

Iranian officers abandon posts, conscripted troops amid US and Israeli strikes - report

The soldiers who spoke with the outlet reported that since the killing of former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday, confusion has erupted within the Iranian military.

MARCH 6, 2026BySAM HALPERN
Flags of Israel and Iran painted on a cracked concrete wall with soldier shadow.

IDF launches 15th wave of strikes on Iranian regime, targets infrastructure in Tehran and Isfahan

The IDF noted that it had struck infrastructure belonging to the Islamic regime in Tehran and Isfahan.

MARCH 6, 2026BySAM HALPERN
An Israel Air Force fighter jet on the way to strike targets in Iran on March 4, 2026.

Clandestine IDF units 8200, 9900 gave key intel. to take out underground Khamenei bunker

The IDF said that 50 aircraft targeted the secret underground lair spread over several blocks in the heart of Tehran, with over 100 munitions.

MARCH 6, 2026ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
A demonstrator holds an image of deceased Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest outside City Hall against the U.S. and Israel's attack on Iran on March 02, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.

My Word: The death of a jihadist despot - opinion

As long the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran remains intact, it will not be over, even without Khamenei and his closest circle.

MARCH 6, 2026ByLIAT COLLINS
A woman reacts as she holds a placard with an image of Iranian slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 1, 2026

Iranian officers reportedly abandon posts amid airstrikes, Trump demands 'unconditional surrender'

IDF begins new wave of strikes on Iranian regime • Russia reportedly providing Iran with intel on US • IDF destroys Khamenei's bunker in Tehran • Smotrich's son injured in Lebanon

MARCH 6, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke rising from a recent airstrike on March 6, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Israel decided to kill Khamenei in November, Katz reveals in N12 interview

The plan was eventually shared with the Washington and brought forward around January after protests broke out Iran, according to Katz.

MARCH 5, 2026ByREUTERS
Defense Minister Israel Katz gestures during joint statements to the press with Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Athens, Greece, January 20, 2026

Trump: I want to be involved in picking Iran’s next leader, Khamenei’s son ‘unacceptable’

In an Axios interview, Trump expressed his opposition to the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of assassinated leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the next leader.

MARCH 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the Capitol on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts divided over plans to hand power to Khamenei’s second son - report

Many experts have reportedly taken issue with “hereditary leadership." Mojtaba Khamenei has also formed close political alliances with Ahmad Vahidi, the newly appointed IRGC commander.

MARCH 5, 2026ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, the head of the judiciary and Alireza Arafi, deputy chairman of the Assembly of Experts, attend the meeting of the interim leadership council of Iran in an unknown location, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, March 1, 2026.

A turning point in Iran: Why the US and Israel must recognize Pahlavi’s leadership - opinion

For the first time, Washington is aligning its posture with the idea of regime change in Iran.

MARCH 5, 2026BySIAVASH GHOLAMI
A sign in support of Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran's last shah, is displayed in a Persian household shop in North Finchley, in London, March 3, 2026.