Courts and prosecutors linking Iran's leadership, including him, to killings abroad
A Berlin court ruled in 1997 that Iran's political leadership ordered the 1992 Mykonos restaurant killings, and prosecutors named Khamenei among members of the committee responsible. Argentine prosecutors said he attended the 1993 meeting that decided the 1994 AMIA bombing, which killed 85. In 2025 a US jury convicted two men hired on IRGC instructions to kill journalist Masih Alinejad.
Editorial timeline of public reporting, not a legal finding.
- Berlin court rules Iran's political leadership ordered the Mykonos killings - The Los Angeles Times and The Irish Times reported that a Berlin court convicted four men over the 1992 killing of four Iranian Kurdish leaders at the Mykonos restaurant, with the judge saying 'there was an official liquidation order' and 'the Iranian political leadership was responsible'. Prosecutors said the 'Committee for Special Operations' included Rafsanjani, Velayati and Khamenei. German Court Finds Iran's Leaders Ordered Slayings
- Argentine prosecutors say the AMIA bombing was decided at a meeting he attended - MercoPress and The Forward reported that prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Burgos said the decision to bomb the AMIA Jewish centre in Buenos Aires 'was undertaken in 1993 by the highest authorities of the then-government of Iran meeting in the city of Mashhad', with Hezbollah tasked with the attack. They left out Khamenei, who reportedly attended the meeting, citing head-of-state immunity. Iran denies involvement. Argentine prosecutors accuse Iran and Hezbollah
- Argentina's top criminal court calls AMIA a crime against humanity designed by Iran - The Guardian reported that Argentina's highest criminal court ruled that the 1994 AMIA bombing, which killed 85 people and wounded 300, was carried out by Hezbollah in response to a 'political and strategic design' by Iran, and declared it a 'crime against humanity'. Argentina court blames Iran for deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center
- Two men convicted in an IRGC-directed plot to kill Masih Alinejad - The US Justice Department said a New York jury convicted Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov in a murder-for-hire plot targeting journalist Masih Alinejad (@alinejadmasih), acting on instructions from high-ranking members of the Revolutionary Guards (@sepah___fa). Both were sentenced to 25 years in prison in October 2025. Two Eastern European Organized Crime Leaders Convicted of Murder for Hire Targeting U.S.-Based Journalist on Behalf of Iranian Government