Khamenei


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Khamenei

(ˌxɑməˈnɪ)
n
(Biography) Ayatollah Seyed Ali (ˈseɪjət). born 1940, Iranian political and religious leader: president (1981–89); supreme leader from 1989
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Kha•me•nei

(ˌxɑ məˈneɪ, ˌkɑ-)
n.
Ayatollah Mohammed Ali, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
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Summary: Meeting with Khamenei proves where Al Houthis' allegiance lies, says Gargash
The Trump administration on Monday imposed what it said are "hard hitting" new sanctions on Iran, seeking to freeze assets of Iranian supreme leader Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, as well as "many others."
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has appointed Hossein Salami, a senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as the new chief commander of the military elite force, promoting him to the rank of major general,Trendreported citing Press TV.
Defiant Khamenei emphasizes Iranian regime's aggressive policies Dr.
LONDON: A closed-door speech last year by Iran's Supreme Leader voicing doubt about the Iranian government's diplomatic overtures to Europe was released on Monday in a sign of feuding over foreign policy that led to a brief resignation by the foreign minister.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's address in mid-2018 appeared to forecast European difficulties in honouring pledges to protect trade with Iran from new US sanctions after Wash ington's repudiation of world powers' 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei voiced confidence that Iran will triumph in enemies' propaganda war, warning that they display a distorted and unreal face of the country to the world.
Ra'isi, a rising star as a judge, in early 2017 was groomed to be a leading candidate to succeed 77-year-old Khamenei. Khamenei's tenure, from June 1989, will on end with his death.
TEHRAN, April 14 (KUNA) -- Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei Saturday condemned a military attack, launched by the US, UK and France, on Syria, official media reported.
Tehran, SANA- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ali Khamenei said that Iran assumes its duty towards Syria because "this is its mission."
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attends a meeting with high-ranking officials in Tehran August 31, 2011.
State television broadcast live pictures of rallies in Kermanshah, Ilam and Gorgan, where marchers waved Iranian flags and pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On August 14, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, appointed Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi as the new head of the regime's Expediency Council.