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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicAyatollah Ali Khamenei

Topic: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s new Supreme Leader oversees a sprawling empire. It includes luxury properties

On a tree-lined street in north London, known as “Billionaire’s Row,” a clutch of mostly empty mansions sit behind tall hedges and blacked-out gates....

As thousands protest Khamenei killing in Kashmir Valley, 50 arrested, AI drones watch ‘troublemakers’

Police say crackdown targeted individuals who raised provocative slogans against India, not mourners. AI-enabled facial recognition drone cameras used for identification.

Iran conflict has reached India. Muslims are again asked to prove their patriotism

Anyone interested in the truth can easily look up the many instances—all those events from Kashmir to Lucknow—where Indian Muslims were at the forefront, raising their voices against terror attacks.

How China sees Iran’s post-Khamenei trajectory. It depends on four factors

Chinese discourse places particular emphasis on the role of the US, evaluating both the strategic feasibility of deeper American involvement and the broader geopolitical consequences.

Not Patriot air defence system but Kuwaiti F/A-18 shot down 3 American F-15s, says report

A Kuwaiti pilot accidentally launched missiles at the American warplanes, killing none but marking the US' first fixed-wing losses since the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader.

Phone taps, traffic cams & an unusual move by Khamenei. How US & Israel took out the ayatollah

Though Israel focused on sabotaging enemy assets & countering proxies among others, the 7 October Hamas attacks changed its stance that the heads of enemy states were off-limits.

India calls for ‘early’ end to Iran conflict during Ramadan, still silent on Khamenei’s killing

As US-Israel conflict with Iran continues for fourth day, India calls for dialogue and diplomacy to de-escalate the situation. Almost 10 million Indians live in West Asia.

Ali Larijani, ‘pragmatic’ Iran insider who has vowed to ‘teach US a lesson’ after Khamenei’s killing

A former member of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Larijani served as his country's chief nuclear negotiator from 2005 to 2007.

Khamenei’s assassination—what did US achieve by ripping up international law

Even if Narendra Modi is too petrified to take a stand, the Congress and Sonia Gandhi have rightly criticised this outright violation of international norms.

How Iranian women who cut their hair responded to Khamenei’s death in the last 48 hours

Iranian women are once again voicing their stance on the strikes on 28 February and the resulting escalation across social media.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.