Khamenei
[ khah-muh-ney, kah‐ Persian khah-me-ney ]
/ ˌxɑ məˈneɪ, ˌkɑ‐ Persian ˌxɑ mɛˈneɪ /
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noun
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hosseini, born 1939, chief Islamic leader of Iran since 1989.
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Khamenei
/ (ˌxɑməˈnɪ) /
noun
Ayatollah Seyed Ali (ˈseɪjət). born 1940, Iranian political and religious leader: president (1981–89); supreme leader from 1989
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