Ali Khamenei

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.

Known For

6.5

Dispatches

TV Series1987

5.7

PBS News Hour

TV Series1975

6.6

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Movie2019

6.7

Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

Movie2024

7.7

House of Saud: A Family at War

TV Series2018

6.3

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

Movie2017

2.0

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

TV Series2018

Bazm-e Razm

Movie2017

Filmography