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Sayyid Javad Khamenei (Persian: سید جواد خامنهای; 7 December 1895 – 5 July 1986) was an Iranian Shia cleric. He was the father of Iran's current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.
A teenage Khamenei. Born to Seyed Javad Khamenei, an Alim and Mujtahid born in Najaf, and Khadijeh Mirdamadi (daughter of Hashem Mirdamadi ) in Mashhad, Khamenei is the second of eight children. Two of his brothers are also clerics; his younger brother, Hadi Khamenei, is a newspaper editor and cleric.
The Khamenei family (Persian: خاندان خامنهای) or Khamenei dynasty is among the Iranian Azeri Sayyid families who claim to be descendants of the fourth Imam of Shia Islam, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Persian/Arabic: علی بن حسین، زین العابدین) (known as Imam Sajjad) — according to the "Khamenei family tree".
5 days ago · Khamenei urged Iranians to head to the polls and vote after he cast his ballot in the election on Friday morning. ... Pezeshkian’s key ally is former Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. If the US ...
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - who is the ultimate authority in Iran - has called for “maximum” turnout. And a solid core of regime supporters are sure to vote.
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5 days ago · Millions of Iranians have headed to the polls to select the country’s next president following the helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi in May. Polls were due to close at 14:30 GMT but the ...