Who was Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?
Source: The Washington Times stories: Politics · Bias: Center Right
Summary
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, confirmed dead Saturday after a joint U.S.-Israeli military strike on Tehran, was one of the world's longest-serving authoritarian rulers -- a cleric who held near-absolute power over the Islamic republic for more than three decades.
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