Ali Khamenei

Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the second Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 until 2026 when he was killed during the 2026 US–Israeli strikes. Khamenei held the record for being 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.

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