What is Supreme Leader of Iran?
{{Infobox official post | post = Supreme Leader | body = the<br/>Islamic Republic of Iran | insignia = Emblem of Iran.svg | insigniasize = 125 | insigniacaption = Official standard | image = Ali Khamenei at Afsari University 2019 2.jpg | predecessor = [[Shah of Iran]] | incumbent = [[Ali Khamenei]] | incumbentsince = 4 June 1989 | department = [[Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran|Office of the Supreme Leader]] | style = [[His Eminence]] <br /> [[His Excellency]] (international correspondence) | status = [[Head of State]] | reports_to = [[Assembly of Experts]] | residence = [[Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran|House of Leadership]] | seat = [[Tehran]] | appointer = Assembly of Experts | termlength = [[Life tenure]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-election-leader-idUSKBN0TW0OV20151213|title=Iran's possible next Supreme Leader being examined: Rafsanjani|date=13 December 2015|publisher=|accessdate=1 July 2016|newspaper=Reuters}}</ref> | constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran|Constitution of Iran]] | formation = 3 December 1979 | first = [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] | salary = | website = {{url|https://www.leader.ir/en|www.leader.ir}} }} The '''Supreme Leader of Iran''' is the [[head of state]] of the Islamic Republic of [[Iran]]. The Supreme Leader is also the highest ranking [[Mullah|Islamic cleric]] in the country. The position of ''Supreme Leader'' was created after the [[Islamic Revolution]] of 1979 in Iran. The Supreme Leader is more powerful than the [[President of Iran]] and chooses the heads of many powerful posts in the [[military]], the [[government]], and the [[judiciary]]. [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] (died 1989) and [[Imam Khamenei|Ali Khamenei]] have become Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic so far. ==References== {{reflist}} == Related pages == * [[President of Iran]] [[Category:Heads of state]] [[Category:Iranian Islamic religious leaders]] [[Category:1979 establishments in Asia]] [[Category:1970s establishments in Iran]]