Sentence examples for khamenei from from inspiring English sources

You could hardly blame Khamenei: from the time he assumed the Leadership, in 1989, Presidents had not given him a moment's peace.

So will the letter swing Khamenei away from a deal?

Ayatollah Khamenei spoke from the deck of Iran's first domestically manufactured destroyer, the Jamaran.

Gone are pragmatists and reformers who once used their status and power inside the government to edge Khamenei away from confrontation.

The son of a religious scholar born at the time of the Pahlavi dynasty, Khamenei rose from a seminary student to become Iran's supreme leader in 1989 following the death of Rouhollah Khomeini, founder of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Clues as to the next stage of manoeuvring around the succession may emerge from results of Friday's Khobregan election, from the subsequent choice of a chairman, and from Khamenei's subsequent dealings with the senior clerics.

Jalili also ran Khamenei's office from 2001 for a period of four years.

"Possibly we are seeing a shift in pinning the blame, away from Khamenei, opening the way for him to reciprocate".

In the months before the agreement, many hardliners warned that moderates were forcing Khamenei to drink from the "poisoned chalice".

Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei stare down from the walls, and the Western fashions ubiquitous in East Beirut are forbidden; many women wear the full chador.

"Only by keeping such talks very close to himself can Ayatollah Khamenei prevent them from getting out of hand," he said.