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1 day ago · Ali Khamenei, Iranian cleric and politician who served as president of Iran (1981–89) and as rahbar, or leader, of Iran (1989– ). He represented a hard-line approach to the revolution, demonstrated by his hawkishness in the Iran-Iraq War and Iran’s nuclear program.
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1 day ago · Many believe the newly elected president will have a strong influence in deciding the successor to Iran's supreme leader, 85-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader ...
1 day ago · And they know the final say in all matters in Iran lies with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and that they have no sway whatsoever over his decisions.
23 hours ago · While the election is unlikely to bring a major shift in the Islamic republic’s policies, its outcome could influence the succession to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s 85-year-old supreme ...
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23 hours ago · Consequently, just as he did in the previous election in 2021, when turnout was the lowest of any Iranian election since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, supreme leader Ali Khamenei has embarked on a campaign to persuade people to "do their civic duty" to prove "to all our enemies" that the public supports the regime.
May 31, 2024 · Out of that era of stabilization rose Ali Khamenei, a negotiator in the Iran hostage crisis, an erstwhile commander of the IRGC, and a leading partisan of the conservative faction of clerics often referred to as the Principlists.