Ali Khamenei
Acting
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.
Also known as
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei · Ayatollah Khamenei · سید علی حسینی خامنهای · Ayatollah Ali Khamenei · آیت الله خامنهای
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Known For
Dispatches
1987 · TV
PBS News Hour
1975 · TV
House of Saud: A Family at War
2018 · TV
Das Sonntagsinterview
1980 · TV
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
2018 · TV
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2024 · Movie
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019 · Movie
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iran
2026 · Movie
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2017 · Movie
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023 · Movie
A Question of Eligibility
2009 · Movie
Bazm-e Razm
2017 · Movie