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Ali Khamenei. 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 who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.
The office was established by the Constitution of Iran in 1979, pursuant to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's concept of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, and is a lifetime appointment. Originally the constitution required the Supreme Leader to be Marja' -e taqlid , the highest-ranking cleric in the religious laws of Usuli Twelver Shia Islam .
Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini [b] (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 [a] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian Revolution ...
Supreme Leader Khamenei casts vote. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voted in the country’s runoff election aimed at choosing a new president for the country after forem President ...
Khamenei urged Iranians to head to the polls and vote after he cast his ballot in the election on Friday morning. “People’s participation is part of the essence of the state and continuation ...
May 30, 2024 at 9:04 AM. DUBAI (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a close ally, in Tehran on Thursday to offer condolences for the death ...
Ebrahim Raisolsadati [a] (14 December 1960 – 19 May 2024), better known as Ebrahim Raisi, [b] was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. [10] [11] [12] He was a Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group. Raisi was the son-in-law of Mashhad Friday prayer ...
It led to the collapse of the provisional government of Shapour Bakhtiar and the final overthrow of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on 11 February 1979. Ruhollah Khomeini, known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, philosopher, revolutionary and politician.