..Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was born on July 15, 1939. He is a politician in Iran. Ayatollah has been the supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He was fifty years old. He was the president from 1981-1989. They say that he has made important influences on Iran. He was the first cleric to become president...A. Khamenei was born in Mashad. He began religious studies before completing his elementary education. He is the second oldest of eight children. He settled in Qom in 1958. In 1963 he was involved in Islamis activities and got arrested. After a little while, he was released and went back to teaching in mosques...AK narrowly escaped a terrorist attack. A bomb that was disguised by a tape recorder exploded beside him while in a press conference. It hurt him pretty badly. The use of his right hand is mostly gone. In 1981 the president of Iran was assassinated and he was the new president. He won the votes over dramatically...He became active in an opposition movement against Shah Reza Pahlavi. AK was a member of the revolutionary council. He also was the president of the central committee of the Islamic republican party. He had that job from 1981-1987. One of his main goals was to protect the country's Islamic constitution...I think that this guy helped out the country when he was president. It sure seems like everyone there likes him. He won 95% of their votes. The fact that he was a cleric isn't necessarily a bad thing. A cleric according to dictionary.com is "a group of ordained persons in a religion." I think it is good that he studied religion.
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