Ali Khamenei
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1939-07-17 - 2026-02-28
Place of Birth: Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
Also Known As: Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, آیت الله خامنهای
Biography
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, the second person to hold the position. He had previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the longest-serving Iranian leader since Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Known For
1987Dispatches
1975PBS News Hour
2018House of Saud: A Family at War
2018Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
2024Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2017A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2026How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
Das Sonntagsinterview
A Question of Eligibility
2012The Green Wave
2023Inside the Iranian Uprising
2017Bazm-e Razm
Letters from Iran
2026