Known for

Acting

Born

Jul 17, 1939

Died

Feb 28, 2026 (aged 86)

Place of birth

Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran

Ali Khamenei

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.

Titles

Dispatches

Series • 1987

PBS News Hour

Series • 1975

House of Saud: A Family at War

Series • 2018

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

Series • 2018

Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

Movie • 2024

A Dying King: The Shah of Iran

Movie • 2017

Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

Movie • 2019

Inside the Iranian Uprising

Movie • 2023