Khamenei Death News | AP Explains: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead At 86
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, bringing it into confrontation with Israel and the United States over its nuclear program while crushing democracy protesters at home, has died, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday.
