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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 been the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.
- 1979–1980, 1980–1981
- Independent (since 1989)
4 days 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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