Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei علی خامنه‌ای
Born	19 April 1939 Mashhad, Iran
Died	28 February 2026 (aged 86) Tehran, Iran
Cause of death	Assassination by airstrike
Political orientation	Anti-imperialism

Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian Ayatollah and politician who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. He previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. A prominent anti-imperialist figure, his murder by the Zionist Entity contributed to escalating the 2026 Iran Conflict.

Revolutionary

Khamenei became active in the anti-monarchy movement in the 1960s and over the next few decades was arrested and tortured six times by the Shah’s secret police, SAVAK.

Assassination

Following the unprovoked imperialist attack on Iran by the U.S. and Israel, Khamenei's Tehran compound was hit by multiple precision-guided munitions on February 28, 2026. The assassination was confirmed by Iranian state media a few hours after the West claimed to have carried out the murder, and Iran declared a national mourning period of forty days. Along with Khamenei over 40 people were murdered by the imperialists including several of his family members.

Political positions

Nuclear weapons

Khamenei issued a fatwa in the early 2000s forbidding the development of nuclear weapons, declaring them un-Islamic. Despite the fatwa, the West would continue its propaganda that Iran was seeking a nuclear bomb even after Khamenei's death. Ironically the assassination of Khamenei might make it more likely that Iran will create nuclear weapons.