Ali Khamenei
Known for
Acting
Born
July 17, 1939
Birthplace
Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
Died
February 28, 2026 (aged 86)
Biography
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (19 April 1939 – 28 February 2026) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the supreme leader of Iran since 1989, the second person to hold the position. He had previously served as the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, made him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the longest-serving Iranian leader since Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Best known work
PBS News Hour
1975
Dispatches
1987
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2024
The Green Wave
2012
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2017
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
House of Saud: A Family at War
2018
Letters from Iran
2011A Question of Eligibility
2009
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023Filmography
2026
2026
How Khamenei Was Killed – The Attack in Iranas Self (archive footage)
2024
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revengeas Self (archive footage)
2023
Inside the Iranian Uprisingas Self (archive footage)
2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trailas Self - Politician (archive footage)
2018
2018
2017
A Dying King: The Shah of Iranas Self (archive footage)
2017
Bazm-e Razmas Self (archive footage)
2012
The Green Waveas Himself
2011
Letters from Iranas Self (archive footage)
2009
A Question of Eligibilityas Self - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
1987
1980
1975