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Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei [5] (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنهای, romanized: Ali Hoseyni Xāmene’i, pronounced [ʔæˈliː hosejˈniː xɒːmeneˈʔiː] ⓘ; born 19 April 1939) [14] [15] is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja' and politician and the second Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989.
Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, [14] [15] is the most powerful member of the Khamenei political family. [16] His descent, known as "Sadat-e Hosseini", is likewise connected to the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali .
The Supreme Leader of Iran is elected by the Assembly of Experts (مجلس خبرگان, Majles-e Khobregan), which is also the only government body in charge of choosing and dismissing Supreme Leaders of Iran. [ 22 ] The Supreme Leader is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the provisional[citation needed] head of the three branches ...
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid heightened security, sources told Reuters, a day after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese ...
When intelligence officials briefed Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in May ahead of a snap presidential election, their report was grim: angered by economic hardship and crackdowns on ...
Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi. Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani. Mohammad Bagher Kharazi. Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید مجتبی حسینی خامنهای; born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian Shia cleric and son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. [1]
Sayyid Ali Khamenei. A fatwa prohibiting the insulting of the most religious figures of Sunni Islam was published by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, [1] on 30 September 2010. The fatwa was issued following the insulting of Aisha by Yasser Al-Habib. [1] This fatwa received various reactions from Shia and Sunni Muslims, [1][2] and from ...
The family (ancestors) of Seyyed Masoud Khamenei are among the Iranian Sayyid families [12] [13] who are from Hosseini Sayyid, [14] and their lineage is connected to the fourth Imam of Shia Islam, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Persian/Arabic: علی بن حسین، زین العابدین) (known as "Imam Sajjad") [15] [16] [17]-- according to "Khamenei family tree".