Ali Khamenei
View on IMDb ↗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.
Known for
The Green Wave
House of Saud: A Family at War
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Dispatches
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
PBS News Hour
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Inside the Iranian Uprising
Bazm-e RazmFilmography (13)
- 2024
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of RevengeSelf (archive footage) - 2023
Inside the Iranian UprisingSelf (archive footage) - 2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a TrailSelf - Politician (archive footage) - 2018
House of Saud: A Family at WarSelf (archive footage) - 2018
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi ArabiaSelf - 2017
A Dying King: The Shah of IranSelf (archive footage) - 2017
Bazm-e RazmSelf (archive footage) - 2012
The Green WaveHimself - 2011Letters from IranSelf (archive footage)
- 2009A Question of EligibilitySelf - Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution (archive footage)
- 1987
Dispatches - 1980Das SonntagsinterviewSelf
- 1975
PBS News HourSelf (archive footage)