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In this photo released by Iran's Supreme Leader's office, mourners carry the coffin of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei above the crowd for the final prayer before his burial at the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Trump and Iranian leaders trade threats as the interim deal falls apart

By Jon Gambrell, Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert - Associated Press

Mourners gather beneath a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Iran’s top officials attend prayer for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Women hold portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a ceremony honoring the armed forces and those killed in the war with Israel and the U.S. at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei probably still alive, Rubio says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A woman holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, during a ceremony honoring the armed forces and those killed in the war with Israel and the U.S. at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Khamenei advisers demand Lebanon in ceasefire, Iran’s control of Strait of Hormuz

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Trump says U.S. wants Iran to hand over enriched uranium as mediators work on peace deal

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One, Friday, May 15, 2026, as he returns from a trip to Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Uranium deadline creates crisis for mediators: Trump threatens ‘very drastic’ action

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A woman holds up pictures of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, left, and his father, the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a state-organised rally celebrating the birthday of Imam Reza, the 8th Shiite Muslims' Imam, and supporting the supreme leader, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran downplays Khamenei’s injuries, says leader suffered minor wounds

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Death of Iran’s regime illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Desperation defines Iran’s regime as signs of collapse grow more visible

By Tymahz Toumadje

People hold posters of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a funeral ceremony for a group of security forces, who were killed during anti-government protests, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Nearly 50 senior Iranian officials have been killed in the war. Just who are they?

By Vaughn Cockayne and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Policemen stand on top of their car with pictures of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right and left, and his son Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to him, center, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Rival opposition groups jockey for primacy in a post-regime Iran

By Joseph Hammond - Special to The Washington Times

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day, rally in Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Hegseth: New Iranian leader ‘likely disfigured’ in attack that killed his father

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Iraqis hold a portrait of the new successor to Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. Embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

Iran’s supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A mourner holds a poster depicting Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, right, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, as supreme leader, during the funeral procession for senior Iranian military officials and civilians killed during the U.S.-Israel campaign in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Unite Iran’s opposition before it’s too late

By Sam Brownback

A journalist records video near a CNN sign on an athletic field outside the Clements Recreation Center where the CNN/New York Times will host the Democratic presidential primary debate at Otterbein University, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

CNN airs four minutes of uninterrupted Iranian state media

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2019, file photo, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) ** FILE **

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it is backing Iran’s newly selected supreme leader

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A man holds a poster of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the successor to his late father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, during a rally to support him in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

After a revolution that rejected hereditary rule, Iran’s next leader inherits job from his father

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

A son of Iran’s late supreme leader is a possible candidate to replace his father as war rages

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press