Ali Khamenei

@Supreme Leader of Iran, Birthday and Life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ali Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of Iran, considered the most powerful political authority in the country Cancer Celebrities Iranian Leaders Spiritual & Religious Leaders Political Leaders Revolutionaries Presidents Ali Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of Iran, serving in this position since 1989. Once named as the 21st in the list of ‘The World's Most Powerful People’ by Forbes, he is considered the most powerful political authority in Iran, even more powerful than the President of the country. A Shia Cleric, he has called human rights a fundamental principle underlying Islamic teachings. Prior to becoming the Supreme Leader of Iran he had served as the President of Iran for several years. He played a key role in the Iranian Revolution of 1979 in which the Pahlavi dynasty under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was overthrown and an Islamic Republic was established under the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. As a close confidant of Ruhollah Khomeini, Ali Khamenei achieved considerable political power. He assumed the post of the president in 1981 following the assassination of Mohammad-Ali Rajai and became the first cleric to serve in the office. Shortly before becoming the president he was badly injured in an attempted assassination that paralyzed his right arm, but nothing could thwart his political ambitions. He eventually succeeded the first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini, upon his death to become the second individual to hold this position.

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Birthday: July 17, 1939 Nationality: Iranian Famous: Supreme Leader of Iran, Leaders, Spiritual & Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Revolutionaries, Presidents Spouses: Khojaste Bagherzadeh Siblings: Hadi Khamenei, Mohammad Khamenei, Rababeh Khamenei Known as: Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei Childrens: Boshra Khamenei, Hoda Khamenei, Masoud Khamenei, Meysam Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, Mostafa Khamenei Information Detail Birthday July 17, 1939 Nationality Iranian Famous Supreme Leader of Iran, Leaders, Spiritual & Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Revolutionaries, Presidents Spouses Khojaste Bagherzadeh Siblings Hadi Khamenei, Mohammad Khamenei, Rababeh Khamenei Known as Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei Childrens Boshra Khamenei, Hoda Khamenei, Masoud Khamenei, Meysam Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, Mostafa Khamenei Birth Place Mashhad Religion Shia Islam, Islam, Twelver Gender Male Father Seyyed Javad Khamenei Mother Khadijeh Mirdamadi Net Worth $95 Billion as of Feb 3,2016 Sun Sign Cancer Born in Mashhad Famous as Supreme Leader of Iran

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He married Khojaste Bagherzadeh in 1964. The couple has four sons and two daughters. Unsplash Personal Life

He was born on 17 July 1939 as the second of eight children to Seyyed Javad Khamenei and Khadijeh Mirdamadi in Mashhad, Iran. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

From an early age he attended religious studies at the hawza of Mashhad where his mentors were Sheikh Hashem Qazvini, and Ayatollah Milani. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 1958, he traveled to Qom where he attended the classes of Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi and Ruhollah Khomeini, eventually becoming involved in the Islamic activities of 1963. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was imprisoned many times by Iran’s security services for his involvement in Islamic activities. His association with Khomeini was profound and would continue for life. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He collaborated with other like-minded clerics such as Mohammad Beheshti, Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to found the Islamic Republic Party in 1979. Unsplash Career

He also served briefly as the Deputy Minister for Defence and as a supervisor of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in 1980. Unsplash Career

In June 1981, an armed opposition group, Mojahedin Khalq Organization, tried to kill him with a bomb hidden inside a tape recorder while he was delivering a speech. He was badly injured in this attack and even though he survived, he lost the use of his right arm. Unsplash Career

Shortly afterwards, the President Mohammad Rajai was assassinated and Khamenei was elected President of Iran by a landslide vote in the Iranian presidential elections in October 1981, becoming the first cleric to serve in this office. Unsplash Career

The 1980s was a turbulent time in Iran and he helped guide the nation during the Iraq-Iran War and forged ties with the Revolutionary Guards. He was reelected in 1985. While serving as the president he was also the chairman of the Supreme Defense Council and the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council. Unsplash Career

He played a key role in the 1979 Iranian revolution, which led to the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty and establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Unsplash Major Works

He was one of the major figures who guided the country during the Iran-Iraq War. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	July 17, 1939
Nationality	Iranian
Famous	Supreme Leader of Iran, Leaders, Spiritual & Religious Leaders, Political Leaders, Revolutionaries, Presidents
Spouses	Khojaste Bagherzadeh
Siblings	Hadi Khamenei, Mohammad Khamenei, Rababeh Khamenei
Known as	Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei
Childrens	Boshra Khamenei, Hoda Khamenei, Masoud Khamenei, Meysam Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, Mostafa Khamenei
Birth Place	Mashhad
Religion	Shia Islam, Islam, Twelver
Gender	Male
Father	Seyyed Javad Khamenei
Mother	Khadijeh Mirdamadi
Net Worth	$95 Billion as of Feb 3,2016
Sun Sign	Cancer
Born in	Mashhad
Famous as	Supreme Leader of Iran

Ali Khamenei

Iranian

Jul 17, 1939

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