New Delhi: Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter), “We cannot consider ourselves to be Muslims if we are oblivious to the suffering that a Muslim is enduring in Myanmar, Gaza, India, or any other place.” The Ministry of External Affairs of India has strongly condemned Khamenei’s comment and stated it was ‘misinformed and unacceptable’. The Ministry also stated that countries which are commenting on the state of minorities should “look at their own record before making any observations about others”. In this article, we will look at some interesting facts about Iran’s Supreme Leader.
Interesting facts about Ayatollah Khamenei
Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei has been serving as Iran’s second Supreme Leader since 1989. Earlier, he was Iran’s third president from 1981 to 1989.
Khamenei has been the Supreme Leader of Iran for 35 years. In the Middle East, he is the longest-serving head of state. Also, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he is Iran’s second-longest-serving leader of the last century.
During the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Khamenei was arrested six times and was then sent to exile for three years. After the Shah was deposed following the Iranian revolution, he was the target of an attempted assassination in June 1981 which left him with a paralyzed right arm.
Khamenei controls the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a multi-service primary branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. He formed close ties with the Coprs in the 1980s during the Iraq-Iran War and he elects and dismisses its commanders.
Khamenei is the supreme political authority in Iran. He is the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces and can make the final decisions on government policies. He controls the executive, legislative and judiciary of the country and also the media and the military directly or indirectly.
Khamenei has been criticised for violating human rights in Iran. He has been blamed for the assassination of many exiled defectors around the world, for brutally suppressing protests, and for targeting dissident writers and intellectuals in Iran among other infractions of human rights.
Khamenei has targeted bloggers, journalists and others and has imprisoned them in Iran for insulting him, often along with blasphemy charges. They have been subjected to lashing and jail time and some have died in custody.
In Iran, the largest religious minority is the Baháʼí Faith and the government officially considers it a dangerous cult. Iran has banned it and Khamenei has approved new legislation against Baháʼís in the country and lessen their influence abroad.
Khamenei has been the Supreme Leader of Iran for 35 years. In the Middle East, he is the longest-serving head of state. Also, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, he is Iran’s second-longest-serving leader of the last century. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
