Saif al-islam gaddafi 1972–2026

Leadership contenders are lining up following the death of Iran’s supreme leader, including the son of the toppled shah, while the Islamic Republic persists

Charismatic civil rights leader who ran for the presidency ...

Reza Pahlavi was an 18-year-old studying in Texas when his father was deposed as the shah of Iran in 1979. A year later, on the shah’s death, he declared himself the country’s rightful ruler. “Few too

It’s hard to assess the significance of events ...

THE YEARS DID NOT MELLOW ALI Khamenei. Appointed Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran at age 50, he was the longest-serving ruler in the Middle East at the time of his death at 86 on Feb. 28

actor described as “America’s Laurence Olivier” Robert Duvall ...