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Ali Khamenei
Also Known As: Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, سید علی حسینی خامنهای
Birth Date
July 17, 1939
Death Date
February 28, 2026
(passed away at 86)
Place of Birth
Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
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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.
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TV Show
Dispatches
1987 • 1 episode
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TV Show
PBS News Hour
Self (archive footage)
1975 • 1 episode
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Movie
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Self (archive footage)
2024
TV Show
Das Sonntagsinterview
Self
1980 • 1 episode
Movie
Bazm-e Razm
Self (archive footage)
2017
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TV Show
House of Saud: A Family at War
Self (archive footage)
2018 • 1 episode
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Movie
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2019
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Movie
A Question of Eligibility
Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
2009
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TV Show
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Self
2018 • 2 episodes
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Movie
The Green Wave
Himself
2012
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Movie
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
Self (archive footage)
2017
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Letters from Iran
Self (archive footage)
2011
Movie
Inside the Iranian Uprising
Self (archive footage)
2023