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Ali Khamenei

Arcs in the news about Ali Khamenei from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 157 stories · 1,050 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 17, 2023

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All arcs3 named arcs in 2025

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Gone quiet · 3

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The US-Iran war: Iran's leadership losses, succession and protests

1 of 54 stories this year · gone quiet

Protests erupt in Iran over currency’s plunge to record low · 6 articles, Dec 29
Trump's 2025 nuclear talks with Iran · Feb 7 – Nov 19, 2025The 12-day Israel-Iran war of June 2025 and the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites · Jun 12 – Jul 11, 2025

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Nov 11, 20240406
Feb 3, 202544313
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Dec 29, 202543211
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Jan 19, 20261023
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Feb 2, 202612315
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Feb 23, 2026287328577
Mar 2, 2026154620274
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Jun 29, 2026191610156
Jul 6, 2026214433492
Jul 13, 202663123265
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Jul 27, 20260112
Aug 3, 202623316
Aug 10, 202644826
Aug 24, 202639745
Aug 31, 20260022
Sep 14, 2026231121
Sep 21, 2026194922270

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else3 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Ali Khamenei

  1. Jun 18– 19Iranian dissidents slam Whoopi Goldberg for ‘offensive’ comparison about the brutal regime8 articles · 4 independent sources
    0 left, 0 center, 4 right
  2. Apr 26– 28Major blast at Iran port kills 14, injures 750100 articles · 51 independent sources
    7 left, 26 center, 7 right
  3. Mar 21Iran1 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 1 right
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