Iran, October 4, 2020—#Ali_Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of the mullahs’ regime in #Iran. Khamenei is ultimately responsible for all #human_rights violations across Iran and terrorist meddling in other countries as the most powerful official of the theocratic regime with the final say about all state matters.
The 81-year-old Khamenei, who was elevated overnight from the clerical rank of Hojjat al-Islam to Ayatollah, became Supreme Leader in 1989 following the death of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini, despite lacking the required rank of marja-e taqlid (source of emulation).
The Supreme Leader’s office, under the supervision of Khamenei and his son eldest Mojtaba, is an entity that oversees dozens of security, political, and economic institutions. Khamenei’s wealth is estimated to be close to $200 billion.
Early years and education
Ali Khamenei was born on 19 April 1939 in the city of Mashhad, northeast Iran. He started his studies at the Dianati School of Mashhad. Khamenei became acquainted with politics at the age of 23 when Khomeini rejected the “White Revolution,” a series of reforms launched in Iran launched back in 1963 by the Shah, Iran’s then monarchial dictator. Following the 1979 revolution Khamenei was appointed as representative of the Revolutionary Council in the Defense Ministry.
After the passing of Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, Khamenei was appointed by Khomeini as the Friday prayer imam of the Iranian capital Tehran. Following the deaths of then regime president Mohammad Ali Rajai and then regime prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Khamenei was appointed as president.
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