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From Karachi to Beirut, Khamenei’s death rocks Shia Muslims across the world

March 4, 2026

Trending:US-Israel-Iran warIran new supreme leaderIran war falloutT20 World CupHoli 2026OpenAI military contractadvertisementFrom Karachi to Beirut, Khamenei’s death rocks Shia Muslims across the worldthe associated press • March 4, 2026, 13:47:05 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitteradvertisementFrom Pakistan’s Karachi to Lebanon’s Beirut, the US‑Israeli killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has shaken Shia Muslims across the world. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran’s Supreme Leader has positioned himself as the leader of the world’s Shia Muslims. AdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleShia Muslims hold a photograph of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the US and Israel in Jammu, India, on March 1, 2026. (Photo: Channi Anand/AP)The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli strikes over the weekend did not just shake Iran.

Shia Muslims hold a photograph of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the US and Israel in Jammu, India, on March 1, 2026. (

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It has reverberated across the Shia Muslim world, raising the specter of a broader backlash in the Middle East and beyond. For the Muslim world’s Shia minority, 86-year-old Khamenei was more than just Iran’s theocratic ruler since 1989.
He was also one of their most prominent religious and political figures.
His death at the hands of a joint US-Israeli operation has stoked fury across the Shia world. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“There is reason to be concerned about how Shia minorities across the Middle East, and in particular … the Shia majority in Iraq might respond to this,” said Burcu Ozcelik, senior research fellow for Middle East security at the Royal United Services Institute, or RUSI, a UK-based defense and security think tank. More from World Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead.
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From Karachi to Beirut, Khamenei’s death rocks Shia Muslims across the world

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From Karachi to Beirut, Khamenei’s death rocks Shia Muslims across the world

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