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Anticipation, pushback in Iran as mediators work to finalise deal with US

Mojtaba Khamenei, while holding Iranian flags and images of both the new and former leaders

Who is making decisions in Iran?

Mojtaba Khamenei has assumed the role of supreme leader following the killing of his father

When will Strait of Hormuz be ‘safe’ for commercial shipping again?

Mojtaba Khamenei during a memorial to mark the 40th day since his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Secret correspondence claims suggest tensions at top of Iranian government

Mojtaba Khamenei and Ali Khamenei depicted on billboards](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/94904c132b6415b1b986859548b9c673121d45da/571_0_6880_5504/master/6880.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Mojtaba Khamenei, left, and his late

Oil markets nearing ‘red zone’ as holiday season nears, warns IEA chief

Mojtaba Khamenei.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d65031afa1f34530dbb6dcf78e6a176df85826b4/0_0_5876_3918/master/5876.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) The Iranian supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has said his country

What lessons will Iran’s new leadership draw from the 110-day war?

Mojtaba Khamenei](https://www.theguardian.com/world/mojtaba-khamenei), makes this moment something of an interregnum. On Thursday, Khamenei

Trump calls Iran’s leadership ‘fractured’. Is it, and who’s in charge?

Mojtaba Khamenei Khamenei is the second son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed

Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iranian supreme leader is involved in US negotiations

Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in negotiations with the US.** The bold claims were made during

How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

Khamenei and others at the top. But the main institutions of the Islamic Republic remain in place, and his son, Mojtaba

Middle East crisis live: Trump claims Iran attack ‘on hold’ due to request from Gulf allies

Mojtaba Khamenei in a street in Tehran.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d3abf87696fdce67609104e9dc983082dc7b0430/0_0_3753_2308/master/3753.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) An Iranian man walk past

Middle East crisis live: Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘massive life support’

Mojtaba Khamenei and his predecessor and late father Ali Khamenei along a street in Tehran

Trump may talk of regime infighting, but Iran seems united by strategy born of war

Mojtaba Khamenei – has not yet been able to establish his authority, a process that took

What you need to know about the preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement signed by Trump

Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah

Where do Iran’s political factions stand on the US peace deal?

Mojtaba Khamenei’s reservations about [his country’s interim peace deal](/news/2026/6/18/irans-supreme-leader-says-approved-us-deal-despite-having-different-view) with the United

Iran’s supreme leader appears more active as talks continue: US’s Rubio

Mojtaba Khamenei appears to be taking a more active role as negotiations between the two countries

Here's how much the the Iran war cost -- and how its effects will linger

Mojtaba Khamenei, the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah

Trump claims US has total control over strait of Hormuz after Iran seizes two container ships

Mojtaba Khamenei, appears [not to be as all-powerful](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/09/iran-supreme-leader-brings-mystery-element-to-middle-east-crisis-mojtaba-khamenei) as his father

With 3,000 containers stuck in Pakistan, Iran explores more land routes

Mojtaba Khamenei on a street in Tehran, Iran, 20 April 2026. Conflict between Iran and the US over

Iran warns of readiness for war and economic costs as US talks falter

Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, 29 April 2026. The demonstration follows an announcement by US President

Iran’s authorities project hardened stance with more talks on horizon

Mojtaba Khamenei. The authorities also claim that more than 30 million people – a third of Iran