Photos showing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

FILE - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to vote for the parliamentary runoff elections, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

By The Associated Press

Posted Feb 28, 2026 05:16:42 PM.

Last Updated Feb 28, 2026 05:31:59 PM.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei succeeded the founder of the Islamic Revolution in 1989.

Despite his lack of charisma, Khamenei managed to secure Iran after the 1980s war with Iraq, and has governed the Islamic Republic for more than three decades, far longer than his sole predecessor.

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