Pictures of Ali Khamenei during the war

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In 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini dismissed Ayatollah Montazeri as his political successor, giving the position to Khamenei instead. Because Khamenei was neither a marja or ayatollah, the Assembly of Experts had to modify the constitution in order to award him the position of homeland’s new Supreme Leader (a decision opposed by several grand ayatollahs).

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