Ali Khamenei Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ali Khamenei

• Ali Khamenei was born into a religious family. His father was an Alim. Their house was in a poor neighbourhood and measured only 65 square meters.

• In 1957, he went to Najaf, Iraq, to study, but his father told him to come back, so he returned to Mashhad in 1958.

• He was a cleric then but had more interest in politics than religion.

• When he was young, he met famous Islamic revolutionary Sayyid Mojtaba Navab Safavi (Mirlohi) in Mashhad which made him interested in revolution.

• On 27 June 1981, he survived an assassination attempt. It was Saturday, and he had gone to Aboozar Mosque. After giving his lecture to young people, he asked them to write their questions on paper and put them on a table.

• One person kept a tape recorder on the table which made a whistling sound for a few seconds and then exploded. Inside the recorder, a message ‘A gift of Furqan Group to the Islamic Republic’ was pasted.

• His arms, lungs, and vocal cords were seriously injured. He was immediately rushed to a hospital where he was treated for several months. But his right arm didn’t recover and became useless for him. Due to this, he uses his left arm for everything.

• In October 1981, he became the President of Iran for the first time with a 97% vote in his favour. He was the first cleric to reach the position.

• In his first Presidential address, he said that he would eliminate liberalism and American leftists from the country.

• He is known for his anti-western and anti-zionist stance, particularly against the USA and Israel.