In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Iranian_Supreme_Leader_election" id="mwAU4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election">1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" id="mwAU8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> is elected as the new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" id="mwAVA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Supreme Leader of Iran</a> after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Ruhollah_Khomeini" id="mwAVE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Death and state funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini">death and funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini</a>.