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[ | [Ayatollah] '''Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language Persian]: سید علی حسینی خامنه ای, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_language Azerbaijani]: ''سید علی حسینی خامنهای - Seyyid Əli Xameneyi'', pronounced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_Persian [ʔæˈliː hoseiˈniː xɒːmeneˈʔiː]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seyyed_Ali_Hosseini_Khamenei.ogg [1]] [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Seyyed_Ali_Hosseini_Khamenei.ogg listen]); born 17 July 1939)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-leader_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-leader-1 [2]]</sup> is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran Supreme Leader of Iran],<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-loi_2-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-loi-2 [3]]</sup> succeeding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini Ayatollah Khomeini], and the figurative head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conservative Muslim conservative] establishment in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran Iran] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelver Twelver] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi%27a Shi'a] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marja marja].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-loi_2-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-loi-2 [3]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBCNewsProfile_3-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-BBCNewsProfile-3 [4]]</sup> He had also served as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran President of the Islamic Republic of Iran] from 1981 to 1989. In 2010, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes Forbes]'' selected him 26th in the list of 'World's Most Powerful People'.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-4 [5]]</sup> | ||
Holding absolute power in his country, he has been described as one of only three people having "important influence" on the Islamic Republic of Iran (the other two being the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the president of Iran for much of the 1990s, Ayatollah [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-GanjiForAff_6-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-GanjiForAff-6 [7]]</sup> So far, the biggest challenge to his leadership has been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_election_protests mass protests] following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009 June 2009 presidential elections].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-7 [8]]</sup> Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]'s policies and re-election.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-8 [9]]</sup> Khamenei was the victim of an attempted assassination in June 1981 that paralyzed his right arm | Holding absolute power in his country, he has been described as one of only three people having "important influence" on the Islamic Republic of Iran (the other two being the founder of the republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and the president of Iran for much of the 1990s, Ayatollah [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-5 [6]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-GanjiForAff_6-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-GanjiForAff-6 [7]]</sup> So far, the biggest challenge to his leadership has been the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Iranian_election_protests mass protests] following the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_presidential_election,_2009 June 2009 presidential elections].<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-7 [8]]</sup> Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]'s policies and re-election.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei#cite_note-8 [9]]</sup> Khamenei was the victim of an attempted assassination in June 1981 that paralyzed his right arm |