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Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian S
Chogha Zanbil is one of the few extant ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia and considered the best-preserved example in the world.
The Saffarid dynasty in 900 AD
Reza Shah with then-Crown Prince Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at Persepolis, c. 1939
The coronation of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Iranian coronation, held in 1967
Mojtaba Khamenei
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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who has served as the third supreme leader of Iran since 2026. A member of the Khamenei family and the second son of second supreme l
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…since 1979 erupted in 2025. The United States and Israel launched a war with Iran in 2026, after they assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei. His son, Mojtaba Khamenei, was elected as his successor. Iran's government is a theocratic Islamic republic governed by elected and unelected institutions, with ultimate authority…
Portrait of Mojtaba Khamenei, unknown date
Khamenei (second from left) in 2024 with his three brothers, from left to right: Mostafa, Masoud, and Meysam
Khamenei (right) with Qasem Soleimani at a 2017 ceremony commemorating the father of Soleimani, in Mosalla, Tehran
Mojtaba Khamenei (right) in front of former president Ebrahim Raisi (center-left)