{"id":19254,"date":"2020-10-24T10:56:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T08:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=19254"},"modified":"2023-12-18T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T06:37:18","slug":"who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/10\/who-is-ali-khamenei-iranian-regime-supreme-leader\/19254\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Is Ali Khamenei Iranian Regime Supreme Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ali Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran.<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ali Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of the mullahs\u2019 regime in Iran. Khamenei <\/a>is ultimately responsible for all human rights violations across Iran and terrorist meddling in other countries as the most powerful official of the theocratic regime with the final say about all state matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei, became Supreme Leader in 1989 following the death of regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini. The Supreme Leader\u2019s office, under the supervision of Khamenei and his son eldest Mojtaba, is an entity that oversees dozens of security, political, and economic institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei\u2019s Wealth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei\u2019s wealth is estimated to be close to $200 billion. In October 1981, Khamenei was appointed as president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1980, he was responsible for the suppression of minorities in Kurdistan and Khorramshahr by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC<\/a>).
According to a statement issued on April 26, 2019, by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Khamenei controls a financial empire worth an estimated $200 billion. Khamenei also controls financial giants<\/a> such as the foundation of the \u201cExecution of Imam Khomeini\u2019s Order\u201d (EIKO), with assets estimated at \u201c$95 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khamenei also controls the Mostazafan Foundation, which oversees assets left by the monarchist regime of the Shah and its affiliates. The Foundation owns thousands of houses, residential complexes, villas, agricultural lands, factories, and palaces. The Mostazafan Foundation\u2019s turnover has never been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astan-e Quds Razavi\u00a0(AQR)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Astan-e Quds Razavi (AQR<\/a>) \u201ccharity\u201d foundation is one of the oldest financial and religious foundations in Iran. This entity is another example of how the clerical regime is taking advantage of the Iranian people\u2019s religious beliefs to pursue its ominous objectives.
AQR is not accountable to the government and reports to Khamenei himself. According to the International Monetary Fund, the foundation\u2019s investment in the fiscal year of 2014 was about $188 billion. Above all, the AQR <\/a>manages all financial endowments accrued over the past few decades and Khamenei himself appoints its \u201ccustodian.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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