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Born in Mashhad and jailed repeatedly for opposing the Shah, Ali Khamenei rose through the clerical ranks after the Islamic Revolution, became Iran's Supreme Leader following Khomeini's death, and pursued an uncompromising anti-Western agenda while brutally suppressing domestic dissent
Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday in Iran, the IDF said. The 86-year-old cleric was widely regarded as Israel's foremost adversary on the global stage.
