Topic: ayatollah khamenei

Security forces are seen during a pro-government rally on Jan. 12, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer/Getty Images)

Iran at the breaking point: What's next?

Jason Kyle Howard
US President Donald Trump and Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Getty Images/AP Photo/Salon)

Is Iran the top terrorism sponsor?

Joshua Cho - FAIR
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Getty Images/Dong-A Ilbo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP Photo/Salon)

Donald Trump's madman theory

Bob Cesca
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends the opening of an international Islamic conference, in Tehran in 2011 (AP)

Salon Staff
Jon Stewart (AP/Victoria Will)

EXCLUSIVE: Stewart sounds off

Andrew O'Hehir
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-519781p1.html'>Patricia Chumillas</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Jenny Kutner