Khamenei

[ khah-muh-ney, kah‑Persian khah-me-ney ]

noun

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

Khamenei

/ ˌxɑməˈnɪ /

noun

1. KhameneiSeyed Ali1940MIranianPOLITICS: political leaderRELIGION: religious leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali (ˈseɪjət). born 1940, Iranian political and religious leader: president (1981–89); supreme leader from 1989

Example Sentences

A well-known Iranian human rights activist has killed himself in protest at what he called the dictatorship of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

From BBC

"If Fateme Sepehari, Nasreen Shakrami, Tomaj Salehi and Arsham Rezaei are not released from prison by 19:00 today ... I will end my life in protest against the dictatorship of Khamenei and his partners."

From BBC

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei recently said he would deliver a “crushing” blow to Israel in response to that attack.

From Slate

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comments while speaking to students on Saturday ahead of the 45th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran.

From BBC

Khamenei said Iran's enemies, including Israel and the US, "will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran, the Iranian people, and the resistance front".

From BBC