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Ruling Iran: A Profile of the Supreme Leader

Duration:
25 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 02 August 2011

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is Iran’s Supreme Leader, a position he has held since 1989.

Ayatollah Khamenei is the most powerful man in Iran, though one of the country's least scrutinised politicians.

So who is this man? And how has he consolidated the Revolution?

The BBC's Iran correspondent, James Reynolds, charts the Ayatollah's reign and, through a number of interviews with relatives, biographers and politicians, builds a profile of Iran's most powerful man.

  • Profile: Iran's 'unremarkable' supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

    Profile: Iran's 'unremarkable' supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei

    "I have a poor soul, an incomplete body, and the little bit of dignity that you have given me - I will sacrifice it all for the Revolution and for Islam"

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