Council of the Islamic Revolution members

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war. A member of the Khamenei family, he previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He held the title Grand Ayatollah, and his tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in West Asia at the time of his death.

Iranian politician (1934–2017)

Iranian politician and economist, and Iran's first President (1933–2021)

Iranian architect and politician

Iranian politician and Islamic thinker (1907–1995)

Iranian cleric, one of the leading figures of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (1928–1981)

Iranian politician (1919-1979)

Iranian cleric (1933-1981)

Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014)

Iranian Shia cleric and political activist

Iranian politician (1926-2016)

Iranian politician and activist (1931-2017)

Iranian politician (1936–1982)

Iranian politician

Iranian activist (1930–2011)

Iranian lawyer, political activist and politician (1917–2013)

Iranian politician

Iranian physician and politician