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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s late supreme leader for more than three decades, shaped the Islamic Republic through war, ideological consolidation, regional confrontation, and strict domestic control.
It has been nearly 50 years since the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini recorded speeches calling for an Islamic revolution from a country home in an affluent village west of Paris.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's tenure was defined by deep diplomatic rifts with the West and punishing economic sanctions that few nations have endured.
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