Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Dead at 86
Bloomberg Television·2026-03-01 05:59
Ali Kamini, Iran's anti-western supreme leader who dominated the Islamic Republic for more than three decades, has died at 86. Born in 1939 in Mashad, Kamini studied under Ayatollah Ruhola Kumini and rose from revolutionary cleric to president, then supreme leader in 1989 after a constitutional amendment cleared his path. Over time, he transformed from a soft-spoken cleric into the ultimate authority over Iran's politics, military, and judiciary.He defined Iran as an impleable foe of the US and Israel, expe ...