- Ali Khamenei - Wikipedia
Khamenei was a mainstream figure in the Iranian Revolution (1978–1979), and upon its success, held many posts in the newly-established Islamic Republic of Iran In the aftermath of the revolution, he was the target of an attempted assassination that paralysed his right arm
- What to know about Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - AP News
CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who crushed internal threats repeatedly during more than three decades in power, now faces his greatest challenge yet His archenemy, Israel, has secured free rein over Iran’s skies and is decimating the country’s military leadership and nuclear program with its punishing air campaign
- Ali Khamenei | Biography, Title, History, Facts | Britannica
Ali Khamenei (b 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who served as president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and has been Iran’s rahbar, or leader, since 1989 A cleric of high institutional rank among the Twelver Shiʿah, Khamenei is generally addressed with the honorific ayatollah
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks . . .
Ayatollah Khamenei, 86, is aware that either Israel or the United States could try to assassinate him, an end he would view as martyrdom, the officials said Given the possibility, the ayatollah
- Explained: The life and beliefs of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali . . .
Khamenei has also reshaped Iran’s economy through what he calls the “resistance” doctrine, a strategy aimed at making the country less vulnerable to international sanctions This includes reducing reliance on oil, expanding trade with China and Russia, and cutting state subsidies The efficacy of this doctrine is another matter altogether
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s great survivor - The Economist
Mr Khamenei proved adept at playing Iran’s state institutions off against each other—the presidency against parliament, the army against the IRGC He thereby turned himself into the final arbiter
- Who is Irans supreme leader? Ali Khamenei vows not to surrender . . .
Khamenei, 86, has led Iran since the death in 1989 of its founding supreme leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led Iran for 10 years after toppling the country's last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Iranian supreme leader Khamenei has been implacable opponent of US and . . .
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent almost four decades as Shi'ite Iran's supreme leader building a regional power to rival the Sunni states across the Gulf and implacably hostile to the U S and
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