Ali Hosseini Khamenei [4] [a] (Persian: علی حسینی خامنه‌ای; born 19 April 1939) [11] [12] is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.

13 hours ago · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said negotiating with the United States was “unwise, unintelligent, and not honorable,” just days after President Trump said he was willing to ...

17 hours ago · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also suggested that “there should be no negotiations with such a government,” but stopped short of issuing a direct order not to engage with Washington. Khamenei’s remarks upend months of signals from Tehran to the United States that it wanted to negotiate over its rapidly advancing nuclear program in exchange for ...

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Aug 1, 2015 · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran’s most powerful official. As supreme leader, he has either direct or indirect control over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, as well as the military and media.

Apr 19, 2024 · Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been the key figure in Iranian political life for more than 40 years, and the country’s political and religious figurehead since 1989.

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید عَلْی حِسْینی خَامِنُهُ ای, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥusaynī Khāminahāī; born 19 April 1939) [5] [6] [7] is an Iranian Shia Islamic scholar and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.

Sep 28, 2024 · Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been taken to a secure location inside Iran amid heightened security, sources told Reuters, a day after Israel killed the head of Iran-backed Lebanese...

Oct 4, 2024 · Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies, serves as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and controls the Revolutionary Guard.

Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei (born 1939) followed Ayatollah Rohollah Khomeini as supreme spiritual and political leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. A favored Khomeini disciple, key revolutionary strategist, and innovative president, Khamenei was elected supreme leader by a Council of Islamic Experts on June 5, 1989.