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Second Supreme Leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination on February 28, 2026 in joint US-Israeli airstrikes in Tehran. Khamenei guided Iran through nuclear negotiations, U.S. sanctions, the Arab Spring, the Syrian civil war, and repeated cycles of internal unrest. He expanded the IRGC's power and deepened Iran's axis of resistance network spanning Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. His death opened the most significant political succession crisis in Iran since 1989.
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Iranian Shia cleric and revolutionary leader (1902–1989) who led the 1979 Iranian Revolution that overthrew the Shah and established an Islamic theocratic republic. His doctrine of velayat-e faqih — governance by the supreme jurist — created a unique political system that has defined Iran ever since.
