
Khamenei’s Iron Grip: Iran’s Leader Cornered?
Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, faces mounting internal and external pressures amid economic hardship, social unrest, and regional instability, testing his decades-long grip on power despite his unwavering commitment to the Islamic Republic’s revolutionary ideals and his ruthless suppression of dissent. Ali Khamenei, who has served as Iran’s Supreme Leader since 1989, stands at a…