He also envisioned construction and delivery of 17 thousands housing units to families in poor regions of Iran by 2018. [288] He praised the works of Mikhail Sholokhov, Alexei Tolstoy,[289] Honoré de Balzac, and Michel Zévaco. [41][42][43] Two of his brothers are also clerics; his younger brother, Hadi Khamenei, is a newspaper editor and cleric. [182][183] The Constitution also establishes that the Council approves or disqualifies candidates for office while the Chief Justice presents the other half of the members of the Council to be selected by Parliament. Khamenei made these comments two days after Iranian women's rights activist Delaram Ali was sentenced to 34 months of jail and 10 lashes by Iran's judiciary. Khamenei warned that "those who are hostile to these policies are the ones who are going to lose their interests and influence. Tehran, Iran Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has prohibited imports of COVID-19 vaccines from the United States and the United Kingdom. In the video (drawing on the March 2014 speech),[247] lasting about three minutes, the video features images of Holocaust deniers Roger Garaudy, Robert Faurisson, and David Irving. [22][23] Khamenei served as the third President of Iran from 1981 to 1989, while becoming a close ally of the first Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini. The crossword clue 'Supreme leader of Iran in 2016 Ali __' published 1 time⁄s and has 1 unique answer⁄s on our system. Shortly before his death, Khomeini had a disagreement with the heir he had chosen — Hussein Ali Montazeri — so there was no agreed on successor when Khomeini died. 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It's Not the Hothead You Expect", "Report about assassination attempt on adventure of 27 June 1981", "Terror of Tehran's popular Friday prayer by Munafiqs". [16][17] He was previously President of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Various lists were proposed and Khamenei was named in all of them. However, Khamenei himself has insisted human rights are a fundamental principle underlying Islamic teachings, that precedes western concern for human rights by many centuries. The fatwa was issued in an effort to reconcile legal, social, and political disagreements between Sunni and Shia. "[282][283], Ali Khamenei believes in gender segregation. According to Reuters, the remarks were "clearly intended to send a message to Iranians who may plan more demonstrations". [125] as well as elaborating on the factors needed to create Islamic unity, he argues: "neither the Shia Muslims allied with the British MI6 are Shias, nor the Sunni mercenaries of the American CIA are Sunnis, as they are both anti-Islamic. [246], On Holocaust Memorial Day, 27 January 2016, Khamenei posted a Holocaust denying video on his official website. [81] He was permanently injured, losing the use of his right arm.[76]. Iran Supreme Leader Khamenei hands power to son due to health – report If true, it is unclear if the role is permanent, as it goes against the Iranian constitution's laws regarding succession. [207][214], In March 2020, Khamenei warned against a United States offer of aid to fight the coronavirus disease on the grounds that it could be a way to hurt Iran by further spreading the disease. Born to Seyyed Javad Khamenei, an Alim and Mujtahid born in Najaf,[11] and Khadijeh Mirdamadi (daughter of Hashem Mirdamadi) in Mashhad, Khamenei is the second of eight children. He also paralleled these events with Islamic revolution in Iran during his Nowruz oration in 2011. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei welcomed the Iranian New Year as one of "production, support and removal of barriers" in a live televised speech on Saturday. [11], His education began at the age of four, by learning Quran at Maktab;[11] he spent his basic and advanced levels of seminary studies at the hawza of Mashhad, under mentors such as Sheikh Hashem Qazvini and Ayatollah Milani. "[233] In another report of the same speech, he added that "we will support and help any nations, any groups fighting against the Zionist regime across the world, and we are not afraid of declaring this. [229] In 2013, Khamenei accused France of "kneeling" before Israel, while saying that Israel was led by people unworthy of the "title human". However, Victor Hugo's Les Misérables "is the best novel that has been written in history." He has a foreign policy team independent of the president's "which includes two former foreign ministers" and "can at any time of his choosing inject himself into the process and 'correct' a flawed policy or decision. [178][179][180][181], As Supreme Leader, Khamenei has influence over elections in Iran since the Constitution of Iran allows him to appoint half of the members of the Guardian Council and the Chief Justice of Iran. "[161], In 2012, Khamenei ordered a halt to a parliamentary inquiry into Ahmadinejad's mishandling of the Iranian economy. a video of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recorded in 1989 emerged on social media. [185] "By Allah's favor, the presidential election was accurately held, and the current matters should be pursued legally. The Iranian leader said that the ongoing economic crisis which has crippled the world has been unprecedented in the past 60 years. [61] Hamid Vaezi, Setad's head of public relations, said the information "was far from realities and is not correct". [83], Khamenei took a firm stand against the 2009–10 Iranian election protests, and stated that he will neither reconsider vote results nor bow to public pressure over the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. [124], Khamenei is one of the Ulama signatories of the Amman Message, which gives a broad foundation for defining Muslim orthodoxy. "[232], In a September 2009 sermon, Khamenei was quoted as saying, that "the Zionist cancer is gnawing into the lives of Islamic nations. TEHRAN, IRAN – JUNE 19: A pro-government demonstrator holds aloft a picture of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Tehran University, on June 19, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. On the other hand, Mother Nature Network claims Khamenei has been seen riding around in a BMW car and published a picture of him exiting one. On 21 March 2011, Khamenei accused the West of having "come after Libyan oil". He also suggested the US had developed a special variety of the virus “based on Iranian genetic information they have gathered”, although he provided no evidence for the theory. Khamenei ordered a review of the sentence against Aghajari and it was later commuted to a prison sentence. Intelligence sources have also said his family has extensive international business interests. [100] On 29 April 1989, responding to the letter of Ayatollah Meshkini, the head of committee responsible for revising the Constitution, asking Khomeini's viewpoint regarding the 'marjaʿiyyat criteria, Khomeini said: "From the very beginning, I believed and insisted that there is no need for the requirements of marjaʿiyyat (authority in jurisprudence). Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the US must lift all sanctions against Iran before Tehran returns to the 2015 nuclear deal.. According to Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Khamenei was the man Khomeini had chosen as his successor before dying. Are you looking for never-ending fun in this exciting logic-brain app? [153] A week later another anonymous letter was issued "calling Iran's leader a dictator and demanding his removal", this one by a group of Iranian clerics. [296] However, major protests against the Iranian regime also broke out throughout Iran in 2011, and they became known as the 2011–12 Iranian protests. [59][60] He has two brothers, Mohammad Khamenei and Hadi Khamenei. This book still lives after almost 200 years,[290], Khamenei is fluent in Arabic in addition to his native languages, Persian and Azerbaijani. So far, Iran's supreme leader has issued 32 messages (since 1989). This section contains the latest inquiries about the practical laws of islam answered by the istifta' committee of the supreme leader's office. [86] Iranian officials, however, have categorically denied their involvement. 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[187] In particular, he singled out Britain, perceiving the country as the "most evil" of its enemies. iv) An individual leader could act more decisive when dealing with critical and important decisions and solving problems and crisis. In reaction to the letter, some Parliament members voiced outrage and threatened to resign. 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Network", Official English-language Twitter account, Ali Khamenei gallery in Khamenei's website, Ali Khamenei collected news and commentary, "Ali Khamenei collected news and commentary". Iran says U.S. sanctions against its supreme leader signal 'permanent closure' of diplomacy Trump's new Iran sanctions are part of a 'high risk' strategy that could lead a … He has attacked Western powers who have criticized the rights record of the Islamic Republic for hypocrisy saying that these countries economically oppress people in Third World countries and support despots and dictators. Khamenei has stated that "poetry must be the vanguard of the caravan of the [Islamic] revolution... [T]hrough the arts and literature, the revolution can be exported in an easier and more honest way.”[287] It has been suggested (by Dexter Filkins) that this might explain his interest in banning books, prohibiting newspapers and imprisoning artists. (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei named the Iranian new year that of “production, support and removal of barriers” in a live televised speech broadcast on Saturday.