Khamenei

American  

[khah-muh-ney, kah‑, khah-me-ney] / ˌxɑ məˈneɪ, ˌkɑ‑, ˌxɑ mɛˈneɪ /

noun

1. Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.

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Khamenei British  

/ ˌxɑməˈnɪ /

noun

1. Ayatollah Seyed Ali (ˈseɪjət). born 1940, Iranian political and religious leader: president (1981–89); supreme leader from 1989

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Example Sentences

Khamenei is the second-eldest son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the previous supreme leader, who was killed on the first day of the war in February.

From The Wall Street Journal

After the airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian-Canadian Salar Gholami went to a rally in a Toronto suburb to celebrate the downfall of a leader he fiercely opposed.

From Barron's

These included bets on the ouster of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and on the likelihood of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro losing power in January.

From The Wall Street Journal

The late Ali Khamenei’s successors now risk making the same mistake.

From The Wall Street Journal

Iranians marched in support of the country's military in the capital Tehran on Wednesday, waving the country's flag and holding pictures of new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

From Barron's