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Iranian media confirms death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, religious cleric who ruled Iran for decades, killed in strikes

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After the 1989 death of Khomeini, who was the first supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Khamenei was not considered his natural successor. He was named as a candidate by a potential rival, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and won the support of other clerics. Over the next decade, Khamenei positioned the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps … Read more