Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled three times longer than the late Khomeini and has shaped Iran’s Islamic Republic perhaps even more dramatically.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd while attending a ceremony marking the 30th death anniversary of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, shown in the poster at ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rise to power explained during Israel conflict Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crushed internal threats during more than three decades in power as Iran’s supreme leader Lee Keath ...

Khamenei followed Khomeini's policy in the West and even in domestic affairs. Axis of Resistance Khamenei had vowed to "end the Israeli occupation" of Palestine by 2040.

Not even an ayatollah at the time, Khamenei has since lived in the shadow of his mentor, Khomeini. Struggling to impose his religious authority, he has instead built up a formidable security ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran ’s supreme leader, who has spent more than three decades consolidating power by crushing internal threats, now faces his most significant challenge yet as Israel ...

Source: Anadolu / Getty images Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spent more than three decades as Iran's supreme leader, ruling since the death of his predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini, in 1989.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, crushed internal threats during more than three decades in power. He ...

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An 86-year-old autocrat, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rules this restive nation, as he has for 36 years, in his role as guardian of the revolution, a conservative calling at which he has proved adept.

CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who crushed internal threats repeatedly during more than three decades in power, now faces his greatest challenge yet. His archenemy ...