Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: علی حسینی خامنهای; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's 35-year-long rule has made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the last century after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Khamenei is a Grand Ayatollah and marja, and is considered the leader of Shia Muslims and the Axis of Resistance.
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Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: علی حسینی خامنهای; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's 35-year-long rule has made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the last century after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Khamenei is a Grand Ayatollah and marja, and is considered the leader of Shia Muslims and the Axis of Resistance.
