Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Acting
July 17, 1939February 28, 2026 (age 86)
Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

Also Known As

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای‎, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, آیت الله خامنه‌ای

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.

Movies

(7 total)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

20196.6

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Inside the Iranian Uprising

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Bazm-e Razm

Bazm-e Razm

2017

as Self (archive footage)

TV Shows

(5 total)