July 8, 2025
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‘Naughty and playful?’ Khamenei’s decade-old tweets go viral; social media trolls Iran’s Supreme Leader

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing a storm of ridicule online after a series of odd, decade-old tweets resurfaced just as Iran entered a direct conflict with Israel. The newly dug-up posts, some from as far back as 2013, include light-hearted personal reflections that stand in sharp contrast to his current war-driven rhetoric.Also […]

Israel pounds Iran: Ayatollah on the brink – will Khamenei’s regime implode?

Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei. (File photo) Iran’s regime is under siege – externally by Israeli airstrikes, internally by distrust and disillusion. The question gripping foreign capitals and Iranian streets alike: is Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Islamic Republic on the brink of implosion?Israel’s military campaign has wiped out much of Iran’s top brass, exposed […]

‘Iran made a mistake’: Donald Trump responds to Khamenei’s refusal to surrender; says ‘good luck’

US President Donald Trump fired back at Iran with a sharp response, saying it “made a mistake,” after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that “the Iranian nation will not surrender” and warned of “irreparable damage” if the US joins the intensifying Israel-Iran conflict.Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Trump replied, “I say ‘good luck,’” when […]

Who was Ali Shadmani? Iran’s wartime chief of staff, Khamenei’s close aide killed in Israeli strikes

Ali Shadmani (Image credit X/@khamenei_ir) Ali Shadmani, the wartime chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces and a trusted aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an airstrike in Tehran, according to a statement released by the Israel defense forces on Tuesday.“For the second time in 5 days— the IDF has eliminated […]