The Age · World / Middle East

Ayatollah Khamenei a bitter enemy of the West who ruled Iran with an iron fist for decades

· By Parisa Hafezi
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86, was an inveterate foe of the West, crushinginternal opposition while supporting proxy forces around the region in the hope of making his country respected and feared.

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