Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes on Saturday by the US and Israel. The complexities of Iran’s ruling system, the ideological nature of its support base, and the power of its Revolutionary Guards make it hard to predict what might come next.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state media yesterday, was a pillar of the country’s theocratic system since the Islamic revolution and saw off multiple crises over the decades, remaining defiant to the very end.

He remained in power after overcoming 1999 student demonstrations, 2009 mass protests sparked by disputed presidential elections and 2019 demonstrations

Here is a look at his life in key dates

The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran yesterday, sending columns of smoke rising over Tehran as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles across the region.

Calls for renewed peace efforts as US-Israel strikes on Iran trigger regional hostilities

The tragedy took place in the city of Khomeynishahr in Isfahan province

Previously, the law did not explicitly prohibit women from riding motorbikes and scooters, but in practice authorities refused to issue licences

The exiled son of Iran's late shah on Friday appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene urgently as protests persisted in the Islamic republic.

Follows deaths of several in Iran's biggest protest in three years

Mohammadi was granted temporary leave from prison in December 2024

Iran's embassy in Mexico on Friday rejected claims by the United States and Israel that it had plotted to assassinate Israel's ambassador to the Latin American country -- a plot that was foiled

Iran recalls ambassadors to Britain, France, Germany for consultations

Numbers of people crossing the border has surged since mid-June

After months of urging Israel not to strike Iran while he worked toward a nuclear deal, President Donald Trump told Reuters in a phone interview on Friday that he and his team had known the attacks were coming - and still saw room for an accord.

Air raid sirens heard in Jerusalem

For President Donald Trump, few goals on the world stage have been more explicit -- he will not drag the United States into another "forever war."

21 people were injured by the missiles, including two in serious condition

Iran's Supreme Leader accuses Israel of initiating war, vows painful revenge

Israel launched widescale strikes on Iran on Friday