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	Ali Khamenei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Khamene'i was elected as the new leader in 1989 by Assembly of Experts, after the death of Iran's prior leader.
		Born to an ethnic Azeri family in Mashhad, Khamenei was a key figure in the Islamic revolution in Iran and a close confidant of Ayatollah Khomeini.
		Khamenei was appointed to the powerful post of Tehran's Friday Prayer Leader by Ayatollah Khomeini in the autumn of 1979, after the resignation of Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri from the post.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ali_Khamenei (1842 words)

	May 01
		Ayatollah Khamenei told Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karroubi and MPs on the anniversary of the Majlis establishment that Majlis is symbol of public presence at the scene of the Revolution.
		Ayatollah Khamenei said the Iranian nation, thanks to its faith, will and resistance has become a pattern for Muslim nations and in attaining this lofty status, the bravest and the most faithful young men of the nation, that the martyrs and disabled war veterans have been the pioneers of the struggle.
		Ayatollah Khamenei told a huge public meeting in the northern city of Rasht (Gilan Province) that all branches of government (the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary) are required to fight all sorts of corruption mercilessly, firmly and continuously.
	www.khamenei.de /news/news2001/may2001.htm (7047 words)

	Historic Personalities of Iran: Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei
		eyed Ali Khamenei was born in Mashhad, Khorasan province of Iran, in 1939.
		In December 1974, Hojatoleslam Khamenei was arrested at his home by SAVAK (secret police of Shah) and dispatched to the joint committee prison of the police department in Tehran.
		Following the President Mohammad Rajaee's assassination in 1981, Hojatoleslam Khamenei was elected president of the Islamic Republic with 95% of the votes cast in his favour.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/akhamenei/ali_khamenei.php (452 words)

	CNN - Iran: A new opening - 1998
		But while Khamenei is said to be opposed to much of this liberalization, some analysts believe that he is also a man who may be politically savvy enough to read the signs of the times, which clearly indicate that much of the Iranian population is fed up with rising prices and high unemployment.
		Khamenei may therefore realize, some say, that it is in his and the influential clergy's interest to allow a controlled, gradual economic and political liberalization, rather than risk a social explosion.
		Khamenei lacks Khomeini's charisma and learning, and his legitimacy has been challenged both by veteran Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, who was sacked as Khomeini's anointed successor after he criticized human rights abuses, and by dissident philosopher Abdolkarim Soroush, who advocates separating mosque and state.
	edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/1998/iran/khamenei (526 words)

	Khamenei, Ali - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		KHAMENEI, ALI [Khamenei, Ali] (Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei), 1939-, Iranian religious and political leader, b.
		A Shiite Islamic cleric who was the son of an ayatollah, Khamenei began his religious studies at a young age, and was briefly at Najaf, Iraq (1957), before he settled in Qom (1958).
		Khamenei was Iran's president from 1981 to 1989, when he was elected to succeed the late Khomeini as Iran's supreme leader, a more powerful post than president in the Islamic republic.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-khameneia1.html (377 words)

	Iran's Khamenei Says Bush Talks Like Hitler
		Khamenei, the most powerful man in Iran, has been opposed to any rapprochement with Washington, which in turn has branded Iran part of an "axis of evil" for allegedly pursuing weapons of mass destruction, backing terrorism and sheltering fleeing al-Qaeda fighters.
		Khamenei is both Iran's spiritual leader and the final authority on matters of state.
		Khamenei's defiant words appeared to offer no hope of an improvement in relations between Tehran and Washington, which have been enemies ever since radical students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979 and held dozens of diplomats hostage for 444 days.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines02/0814-06.htm (554 words)

	The Iranian: News & Views
		Khamenei, in a speech Wednesday to Iranian students, declared that the nation's "destiny" now depends on resisting recent suggestions that Iran change its long-standing policy toward the United States.
		Khamenei lashed out at "rumormongers" and "U.S. agents" who are now saying that, if the country "were to resume ties or even start talks with the United States, all our problems would disappear." He called those suggestions nonsense.
		Khamenei also cited Koranic verses to urge students to "resist U.S. oppression," a throwback to tactics and terms used in the years immediately after the 1979 revolution.
	www.iranian.com /News/Nov97/khamenei.html (659 words)

	Sayyid Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Born in 1939, Sayyid Ali Khamenei was raised in a family of Islamic scholars in Meshed, a key city in northeast Iran.
		Khamenei's early tasks also included the ideological indoctrination of the shah's military and the formation of the autonomous and ideologically driven Revolutionary Guards.
		Khamenei's "open minded policy" was frequently denounced by radical hardliners, particularly after the revelations of covert dealings with the United States.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/sayyid-ali-khamenei-ayatollah (1216 words)

	IranExpert:Khamenei appoints two in place of resigned cleric
		Khamenei's comments come after the powerful Supreme National Security Council moved to smother the row over the resignation of Isfahan on Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Jalaleddin Taheri by banning newspaper comment on the issue.
		Khamenei, who controls the key elements of power in Iran, said he appreciated Taheri's criticism of raging economic corruption in the country.
		Khamenei however warned in his letter that Taheri's comments could be misused by Iran's enemies.
	www.iranexpert.com /2002/khameneiappointstwoinplacetaheri13july.htm (557 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Middle East \| Profile: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
		When Ayatollah Khamenei took over, the constitution had to be amended to allow the post to be held by a lower-ranking theologian.
		Then in November 1999 Ayatollah Khamenei went on TV to defend a controversial Special Clerical Court, which had just found the editor of a leading reformist daily guilty of publishing anti-Islamic articles.
		Khamenei hit back, saying there was a need for a court that "had the courage to put a cleric on trial and demand answers".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/middle_east/3018932.stm (601 words)

	Iran Focus-Iran’s Khamenei attacks Bush, rules out “any retreat” on nukes - Special Wire - News
		Khamenei repeated the charge that “there are indications and intelligence showing that the intelligence services of America and the Zionist regime are behind the assassinations and bombings in Iraq”.
		Khamenei’s comments once again backed those of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly vowed to reject international pressure to accept the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
		Khamenei ridiculed “those who make propaganda and say that Iran was hiding [its nuclear project], because no country declares its scientific work while it’s at the research stage”.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=6252 (578 words)

	The Iranian: News & Views
		TEHRAN The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei, is changing the nation's postrevolutionary history by expanding his divine mandate to include the daily affairs of governing.
		Ayatollah Khamenei has also provoked criticism from Ayatollah Yousef Sanei, a moderate, and other senior clerics who have hinted that the supreme leader's decisions border on one-man rule, an anathema in Shiite tradition, the branch of Islam that is followed by about 90 percent of the people in Iran.
		Ayatollah Khamenei has also tried to take control of the established system of collecting religious taxes, the traditional source of senior clerics' power and independence from the government.
	www.iranian.com /News/2000/December/khamenei.html (946 words)

	Iranian Intellectuals Against Ayatollah Khamenei: "Your Regime Is Illegitimate..."
		According to Sa'adi, Khamenei and his supporters – the Guardian Council, the Experts Council, the Expediency Council, the Judiciary, and the conservative security apparatuses – maintain a reign of terror over the people, particularly students, the reform movement, and the reformist parliament, with imprisonment, torture, and murder of opponents of the regime.
		He also protested Khamenei's human rights violations in arresting individuals solely because of their opinions,[14] particularly the house arrest of Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazari,[15] a high-ranking jurisprudent who was once Ayatollah Khomeini's designated heir, because he criticized Khamenei and his leadership capability.
		And do you know that some of these 'sons of' are no less [corrupt] than their fathers… You yourself spend hundreds of billions annually from the revenues of public funds, such as… the Oppressed of the Earth Organization, with no oversight whatsoever by the Majlis or by the government, and without reporting to the people.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/854971/posts (3111 words)

	BBC News \| MIDDLE EAST \| Analysis: Khatami vs Khamenei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mr Khamenei's power manifests itself in his control of the main state institutions - the armed forces, the security services, the judiciary, the clergy, the Council of Guardians, the radio and television.
		The attempts of the reformist parliament to stop the judiciary's clampdown on the press is an instructive illustration of the uneven relationship between Mr Khatami and Mr Khamenei.
		Both Mr Khamenei and Mr Khatami are concerned by the radicalisation on both ends of the spectrum, and the potential for political violence which often close to the surface in Iran.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/1307119.stm (931 words)

	FT.com / World / Middle East & Africa - Khamenei backs Iranian president
		Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has said it is too early for Iranians to judge the government of Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad.
		Mr Ahmadi-Nejad is facing growing domestic criticism after twice failing to persuade parliament to appoint his nominee as oil minister and as capital flight and a crisis of confidence have sent the Tehran stock exchange index plunging through the 10,000 barrier, down from around 12,500 at the time of Mr Ahmadi-Nejad’s election in June.
		But this is the second time Ayatollah Khamenei, who hold last word of matters of state and policy, has called in public for the government to be given longer to make a positive impact.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/a7254104-5670-11da-b98c-00000e25118c.html (467 words)

	Khamenei Warns U.S. Against Attacking Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Warns of Energy Disruption if U.S. Invades Iran - ...
		Khamenei warned that the U.S. and its allies would not be able to provide security for all oil shipments that cross the strategic Hormuz Strait near Iran should a disruption occur.
		Khamenei, however, did not elaborate on how oil supplies would be disrupted and insisted Iran would not start any war.
		Khamenei said Iran was not a threat to any country and called accusations that Tehran was seeking nuclear weapons "wrong, a sheer lie."
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/06/04/ap/world/mainD8I1BCP81.shtml (667 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Khamenei rejects talks with US
		Khamenei rejects talks with US ISN SECURITY WATCH (Tuesday, 27 June 2006: 14.40 CET) â“ Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday that his country would not benefit from talks with the US, but indicated that he may be willing to endorse nuclear negotiations with other members of the international community.
		Khamenei, who is the ultimate arbiter of Iranian domestic and foreign policy, told state television: "Negotiating with America does not have any benefit for us and we do not need such negotiations."
		In related news, Reuters reports that Khamenei has created a new foreign policy committee that includes former government ministers that, while not holding executive powers, is likely to have some sway as the Islamic republic seeks to avoid international isolation.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16294 (498 words)

	U.S. fears Islamic awakening: Ayatollah Khamenei
		Ayatollah Khamenei said another approach that the world powers, particularly Britain, have always adopted to confront the Islamic awakening has been attempting to foment disunity between Shias and Sunnis.
		Elsewhere in his remarks, Ayatollah Khamenei underscored the importance of Iran's upcoming presidential election.
		Ayatollah Khamenei said religious democracy, as advocated in Iran, is different from the Western version of democracy, stressing that religious democracy is based on the sacred right and obligation of people to determine their own destiny.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=191605 (749 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iran's supreme leader praises Iraq referendum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Sunni-Shiite divisions in Iraq are being emphasized by the United States.
		Khamenei has often condemned the U.S. invasion of Iraq, saying Washington only has itself to blame for the difficulties its forces face in the country.
		In his sermon broadcast live on national TV and radio, Khamenei urged Iraqis to vote in December's general elections.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-10-21-khamenei_x.htm?csp=24 (354 words)

	Khamenei in Control and Ready to 'Haggle' - by Gareth Porter
		Khamenei has not hesitated to set the record straight when Ahmadinejad has strayed from the foreign policy line he and the Supreme National Security Council have set.
		Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council are keenly aware that Iran must exist in a region in which U.S. military might dominates their own.
		Velayati's closeness to Khamenei is indicated by the fact that, when Khamenei was president in 1981, Velayati was his first choice as prime minister.
	www.antiwar.com /orig/porter.php?articleid=9064 (1359 words)

	Ayatollah Khamenei - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ayatollah Khamenei was born in 1939 in the city of Mashhad, in Khorasan’s province of Iran.
		Shortly before the actual victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, 1979, an Islamic Revolutionary Council was established and Ayatollah Khamenei was appointed as a member of this Council.
		After the assassination of President Mohammad Ali Rajai, Ayatollah Khamenei was elected president of the Islamic Republic and became the first cleric to serve in the office in 1981.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=5839 (886 words)

	Rushdie may be killed: Khamenei -DAWN - International; 20 January, 2005
		TEHRAN, Jan 19: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labelled British author Salman Rushdie an apostate whose killing would be authorized by Islam, according to a message carried by Iranian media on Wednesday.
		Ayatollah Khamenei's reference to Salman Rushdie was made in a Haj message, and was part of a lengthy tirade against "Western and Zionist capitalists" and the US-led "war on terror".
		In Feb 1989 Iran's revolutionary founder and Khamenei's predecessor, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's execution because of blasphemy and apostasy in his novel, "The Satanic Verses".
	www.dawn.com /2005/01/20/int6.htm (224 words)

	Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution
		What is so scary is that Khamenei, realizing that the gravest and closest threat to the regime is coming from the inside, is ready to pull off the mask and take off the gloves by choosing Ahmadinejad.
		Khamenei now openly controls all elected functions of the government; headed by the most extreme, fascistic few in Iranian society.
		Yes it true “the Guardian Council and Supreme Leader Khamenei in particular control the political levers of the country”.
	www.publiuspundit.com /?p=1262 (899 words)

	WorldNetDaily: Iranian leader wants nuke in 4 months
		Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged his country's weapons developers to step up work on making a nuclear bomb, a U.S. official said, according to Geostrategy-Direct, the global intelligence news service.
		According to the official, an authoritative source in the Iranian exile community has stated that Khamenei met recently with senior government and military leaders on the nuclear weapons program.
		Khamenei told the gathering, "We must have two bombs ready to go in January or you are not Muslims," the official said.
	www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40723 (424 words)

	Khamenei and Salman Rushdie
		Ayatollah Khamenei, in the above quoted statement, is trying to convey that the democratic position to support Rushdie, as justice, is in contradiction to respecting Khamenei's religion, Islam, which according to him, rather requires the murder of Rushdie for his views, as justice.
		Khamenei is right that there is a contradiction.
		The freedom of religion means that people should have the right to choose any religion, and hold any thought they wish, as long as their religion's understanding of rights and justice is not contrary to human rights.
	www.ghandchi.com /366-KhameneiEng.htm (646 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: Khamenei Change? by Mohammad Parvin
		U.S. by threatening that Khamenei be tired in an international tribunal to try Khamenei.
		The committee seems to be aiming only in opening the U.S. Embassy and normalizing relations in spite of its rhetorical harsh stand against Khamenei.
		Reducing the suppressing machine of the Islamic Regime to the Khamenei regime is either due to the ignorance of the committee or their lack of respect for the wish and desire of Iranians for a secular democracy.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16516 (945 words)

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