Khamenei was born on July 17, 1939. He was the second eldest of eight children. As a young child Khamenei went to religious study classes and as an adult he grew up to teach what he learned as a child.
Once the president of Iran, Khamenei is now the supreme leader of Iran. Khamenei was a key figure in the Islamic Revolution. The revolution challenged the western ideas, not only on religion, but the western ways of life.They believe their religion is the main religion and we are sinners for going against tha The revolution was basically a war against change. Khamenei vowed to eliminate deviation, liberalism and the American way of life. This leads into the oppostion Khamenei has to the U.S. Khamenei and the rest of Iran's hatred towards the U.S. has to the do with the U.S. Goverment. They believe that we are a dictatorship and trying to set up a global dictatiorship by dominating other nations and running over their rights. He also blames the U.S. for "blind terrorism" after our invasion on Iraq. Obama offered Iran a "new beginning" on March, 21, 2009. Khamenei responded by basically saying words are not enough, you change, and our behavior towards you will change.
In the 2009 election in Iran, the election left many people angry due to the victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Many people protested by going on twitter and other social networking systems to show their views on the election and communicate with each other. Khamenei, the leader of the Brasij military and police, took a stand at the protest. 36 people died during the protest and following three months after the election 72 more people died. Iranian authorites closed the university of Tehran, blocked the social networking websites and cell phones and texting. They also banned rallies. All of these events all happened because of the protests. After all the deaths there is a petition to the International Court of Justice in Hague, to investigate, prosecute and arrest Khamenei for his role in the abuse in human rights in Iran.
The human rights in Iran are the rights to live, the rights to be free and the rights to benefit from justice and welfare, but freedom is diffferent then our freedom. Khamenei is known for a lot of major effects in Iran, and has benefited and discouraged Iran.
I believe that Khamenei is very strongly set on his views. I don't agree with their way of life and their rights aren't really followed.
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