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The life of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

This is how Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became the single most powerful person in Iran.

Who is really Ali Khamenei, the supreme guide of Iran?

He is one of the most powerful religious leaders in the world, but his private life remains very secret. This is the story of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is one of the most feared religious leaders in the world. At 80, the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran keeps his private life secret. Here is what is known about one of the oldest serving religious leaders in the world.

Very young, they follow religious studies

Ali Khamenei was born in 1939 in Mashhad, the holiest city in Iran. He is the second child in a family of eight and grew up in a poor family. At 11, he followed in his father's footsteps and became a religious scholar. He then went to Qom, a holy Shiite city, to study Sharia law. At the time, Iran was a secular monarchy ruled by shah. He was only about 20 years old when he came under the tutelage of Ruhollah Khomeyni, a charismatic clerk who preaches religious conservatism and opposes shah. Ruhollah Khomeyni and his disciples criticize the head of state for his pro-American policy aimed at imposing Islamic law.

Opposition claimed to shah

In 1963, the shah exiled Ruhollah Khomeyni, and Ali Khamenei continued to spread his teachings. Ali Khamenei is repeatedly arrested, tortured and placed in solitary confinement. During the 1960s and 1970s, the opposition movement grew, leading to a popular uprising that overthrew the shah. In 1979, Ruhollah Khomeyni returned and became Supreme Guide to a new Islamic republic. Ruhollah Khomeyni invites Ali Khamenei to integrate his new government and names him imam of the big Friday prayer in Tehran. At 42, he gives a speech in a mosque when a bomb explodes next to him, paralyzing his right hand for the rest of his life.

President, then Supreme Guide

In 1981, he became president of Iran, a position which gave him little real power. In 1989, when Ruhollah Khomeyni died, Ali Khamenei was considered to be his successor. At 49, he was therefore elected Supreme Leader, which gave him direct control over the army, the justice system and the public media. It also has partial control over parliament, elections and public enterprises. He spreads his influence by strengthening the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, whose scarf he wears. It also develops the country's nuclear program by encouraging distrust of Western countries. He describes in particular the United States of Britain as evil, as a cursed regime and as cancer represented by the Zionist regime.

A dictator?

But in 2009, reformist politician Mir Hossein Moussavi, who claimed victory in the presidential election, called on his supporters to take to the streets. This uprising is known as the “green movement”. However, the authorities refused Moussavi's victory, and the police brutally ended the protests. Today, at more than 80 years old, he partially controls the country's politics. His detractors call him a dictator, unlike the shah he overthrew. Despite his fame, to this day, American officials continue to confuse him with his predecessor.

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01/13/2020 6:57 PM
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346 comments

  • Julio-Maria B.
    13 hours

    He uses religion to achieve his own evil agenda. The Iranian people have been suffering for too long because of a small minority in the country. One day the Persian people will retake their country and put this monsters in jail.

  • Humayun M.
    2 days

    Very Unfortunately, Khamenei proved to be right about America on nuclear deal 2015 where America Unilaterally suspended the agreement leaving West alone.......

  • Scotty G.
    3 days

    The guy needs a bullet

  • Fredrick A.
    3 days

    The old dictator will probably die of covid 19

  • Fredrick A.
    3 days

    He is an evil man and soon he will face his creator all the unrest he is causing around the world one day he will pay I promise him

  • Md A.
    03/13/2020 18:16

    To Ayatollah Ali khanemi Mr Donald J Trump USA President Firstly I congratulate you as German President for your truth comment on USA🇺🇸, China 🇨🇳 & Russia 🇷🇺 that they are the most dangerous for Universe Truth establishment & safes Humanity; An Application for Truth Humanity:- The cause of affeatation of Corona virous or any other worst virous & Detection of what’s it is in China, Japan, Korea, USA, Italy, Iran etc : For The Holly, Honest, real Truth of virtuous, Secredecy of humanity & wantings of V. free society ; Please kindly Think, research it’s out for the Truth, Secredness & Purity of Humenities bestliness for earth & next forever paradise peace days, to get the purest knowledges, Exam, search out , testify, research out the real cause of affected patiant of corona virouses: Methinks ; The peoples who don’nt thought about eating real halal food, don’nt think about secredecy, holliness, virtuousity, purity of eatings, Truth religious leggings, knowledgeless of only forever ultra modern most scientific purest Quranic religion acceptances & paradise humen pure body does not absobed of unholly, paradise unapproved food, unhumity foods; which are prohibited by Holly paradise forever Truth ultra modern most scientific miraculous greatest book sended by most powerful Almighty only Allah for whole Humen on Earth is The Quran; That Those one’ll not obey this real truth, will be liable for one’s unbelieve sin in earth who’ll be felt for forever to severe burning Hell fire on the Judgement day by Almighty most powerful only Allah; those who are eating such types of dirty, roten, garvages like illegal or Almities prohibited foods is as allutioned below and by not thoughting truth halal foods; they eats as their’s wish or as they likes: such as illegal pigs, rat, foxes, dogs, monkeyes, snakes, insects, scorpion, Lucast, Gunio pig, Do illegal sex -made AIDS etc. they’ll be affected firstly. Thy untruth humen are attacked by coronavirous Or any other worst undetactable deathy virouses; This will be the Almighty most powerful only truth Allah’s education to worst natured eated unholly humen. Holy Quran Sura 5:Ayat-3 ------------------ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَيْتَةُ وَالدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ الْخِنزِيرِ وَمَا أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ بِهِ وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَالْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَالنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَا أَكَلَ السَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى النُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا بِالْأَزْلَامِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ الْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَاخْشَوْنِ ۚ الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ۚ فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِي مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّإِثْمٍ ۙ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful. Holy Quran 5:90 ------------------ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْخَمْرُ وَالْمَيْسِرُ وَالْأَنصَابُ وَالْأَزْلَامُ رِجْسٌ مِّنْ عَمَلِ الشَّيْطَانِ فَاجْتَنِبُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful. Holy Quran 5:91 ------------------ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ الشَّيْطَانُ أَن يُوقِعَ بَيْنَكُمُ الْعَدَاوَةَ وَالْبَغْضَاءَ فِي الْخَمْرِ وَالْمَيْسِرِ وَيَصُدَّكُمْ عَن ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَعَنِ الصَّلَاةِ ۖ فَهَلْ أَنتُم مُّنتَهُونَ Satan only wants to cause between you animosity and hatred through intoxicants and gambling and to avert you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. So will you not desist? So, I therefore, request all of you or all honest Truth paradise humen to kindly thought about almighty only Allah’s Truth halal, take real most truth education how to lead lives in earth & acceptance of Truth religion of Quran (legalized by Holy Quran) food’s or of real religious virtues. Unholly muslim’s may be affected by that deadly virous, Almighty gift us hidaya!!! Engineer Rasheed. Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • Jose R.
    03/07/2020 02:59

    👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

  • Abdul G.
    03/04/2020 12:52

    May Allah shower him good helth, long live to serve and guides Iranian, Muslims and the mustadafiin all over the world. He normalized arrogant leaders, bullying regime and set examples how to stand up against repression.

  • Abdirashid A.
    03/01/2020 19:19

    He is mujrim, he is pretending to be a Muslim but he is not,

  • Roya M.
    02/27/2020 01:11

    F U C K

  • حیدر ع.
    02/16/2020 21:23

    Long live our great leader ❤❤❤ Down with america terrorist Down with israil terrorist Shame america shame

  • Shahzaib B.
    02/16/2020 10:28

    Long live khamenei💖💖💖💖 he is our Rehber😍 no matter ehat people say about him...we love our leader the only person who does not bow down to cruel US government 👎..he is against evil openly....thats why some people hate him bcoz they r in love with hypocrites 😪😪😪

  • Jamshed R.
    02/13/2020 12:08

    Supreme leader Ma sha Allah 💜

  • Dazza S.
    02/06/2020 08:56

    DEVIL IN DISGUISE GHARHABAR? ALLAH BAH SALAM SCUM

  • Hhassann A.
    02/05/2020 20:27

    Long live our hero, our leader, our Rehbar Khamenei

  • Dale K.
    02/05/2020 03:07

    Turn his lights off

  • Michael A.
    02/04/2020 01:32

    But what is DIGNITY IN PLACE OF REALITY CONVERSE ?

  • Abdilatif I.
    02/03/2020 12:24

    I just support IRAN than Saudi Arabia

  • Eljaz B.
    02/02/2020 11:39

    What so ever you say, ore is, bad ore good, iven under todays of the criminal Sancsions, of imperaialisem Zionism, Israelito-American, My belive is Iran countrey, Today is miles&miles, better than under full ocuppation of Imperialism Israelito-American of todays and tomorrows if happens. Iranian people, this is based, on my countrey experiance of interference of this Sattan States there and around my naighbours and in the world and in Palestine, who in my country, not just is destroyed ex ekonomy/armey and everything under they derective, "destroy them, because are komunists and old one& we will bring you new one", but mostley of all, is destroyed the human there, more wors, than from ex Otoman Empyer and all our ocupators, make them together. So: as far as Iran, Turkey, Russia and China big countreys resisted from this ocupation, is/are a strong Castles today and tomorrow Iran&co, is better and will be better like this.

  • Abu I.
    02/01/2020 22:07

    Say die in your rage ya 3aduwellah