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'''Ayatollah''' '''Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei''' (born 17 July 1939) is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran Supreme Leader of Iran], 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].<span style="font-size:11px;line-height:0px;"> </span>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'.
'''Ayatollah''' '''Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei''' (born 17 July 1939) is the Supreme Leader of Iran, succeeding Ayatollah Khomeini, and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja. He had also served as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 1989. In 2010, Forbes selected him 26th in the list of 'World's Most Powerful People'. 


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]). 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]. Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support [[Mahmoud Ahmendajad|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s policies and re-election. 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]). 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]. Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support [[Mahmoud Ahmendajad|Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s policies and re-election. Khamenei was the victim of an attempted assassination in June 1981 that paralyzed his right arm

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Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (born 17 July 1939) is the Supreme Leader of Iran, succeeding Ayatollah Khomeini, and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja. He had also served as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 1989. In 2010, Forbes selected him 26th in the list of 'World's Most Powerful People'. 

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 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani). So far, the biggest challenge to his leadership has been the mass protests following the June 2009 presidential elections. Khamenei, however, continued to strongly support Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's policies and re-election. Khamenei was the victim of an attempted assassination in June 1981 that paralyzed his right arm