Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i (علی حسینی خامنهای, pronounced [ʔæˈli hosejˈni xɒmeneˈʔi] ( listen) born 17 July 1939), also known as Ali Khamenei, is an Iranian politician, cleric and the figurehead of the conservative establishment in Iran. He has been the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 and was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He has been described as one of only three people having "important influences" on the Islamic Republic ...
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Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i (علی حسینی خامنهای, pronounced [ʔæˈli hosejˈni xɒmeneˈʔi] ( listen) born 17 July 1939), also known as Ali Khamenei, is an Iranian politician, cleric and the figurehead of the conservative establishment in Iran. He has been the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 and was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He has been described as one of only three people having "important influences" on the Islamic Republic of Iran, (the other two being the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the president of Iran for much of the 1990s, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani). So far, the biggest challenge to his leadership has been the mass protests following the June 2009 presidential elections, during which more than 100 citizens were killed and nearly four thousand people were arrested. Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's policies and re-election.
Khamenei was the victim of a terrorist attack in June 1981...
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