Hardliners in Tehran are running the show while the Iran's supreme leader watches - opinion
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-07-15 21:49 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Crime & Justice, Middle East, Iran
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Ever since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has been an autocratic theocracy, ruled with an iron fist by the supreme leader – first Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini until his death in 1989, and then Ayatollah Ali Khamenei until he was killed on February 28, 2026, in an airstrike.
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