Person

Ali Khamenei

Acting · 1939–2026 · Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, the second person to hold the position. He had previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the longest-serving Iranian leader since Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

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  Dispatches

  1987

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  PBS News Hour

  Self (archive footage)

• Das Sonntagsinterview

  Self

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  A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

  Self (archive footage)

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  House of Saud: A Family at War

  Self (archive footage)

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  Bazm-e Razm

  Self (archive footage)

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  Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

  Self (archive footage)

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  Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

  Self

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  Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

  Self - Politician (archive footage)

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  Inside the Iranian Uprising

  Self (archive footage)

• 2024Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of RevengeSelf (archive footage)
• 2023Inside the Iranian UprisingSelf (archive footage)
• 2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a TrailSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• 2018Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi ArabiaSelf
• 2018House of Saud: A Family at WarSelf (archive footage)
• 2017A Dying King: The Shah of IranSelf (archive footage)
• 2017Bazm-e RazmSelf (archive footage)
• 2012The Green WaveHimself
• 2011Letters from IranSelf (archive footage)
• 2009A Question of EligibilitySelf - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
• 1987Dispatches
• 1980Das SonntagsinterviewSelf
• 1975PBS News HourSelf (archive footage)