Seyed Ali Khamenei was born in mashhad, Khorasan province of Asian nation, in 1939. He began non secular studies before completing the instruction. He attended the classes of masters of "Sath" (seminary lectures supported reading textbooks) and "Kharej" (seminary lectures not supported reading textbooks) in mashhad, like hadj sheik Hashem Qazvini, and ayatollah Milani, so went to Najaf in 1957.
After a short keep he left Najaf to mashhad, and later he settled in Qom in 1958. Khamenei attended the classes of ayatollah Boroojerdi andAyatollah Ayatollah Khomeini. Later He was concerned in the Moslem activities of 1963 that semiconductor diode to his arrest in the city of Birjand (Southern Khorasan Province). after a short amount he was free and continued his life by teaching in non secular faculties of mashhad and holding Nahaj-ul-Balagheh lesson session in several Mosques.
In december 1974, Hojatoleslam Khamenei was in remission at his home by SAVAK (secret police of Shah) and sent to the joint committee prison of the police department in Teheran. He was free in fall 1975, went back to mashhad, but he was not allowed to carry his public classes.
In 1977, beside some clerics from Qom and Teheran, he established the Jame'ye Rouhaniyat Mobarez (Combatant Clerics Association) that became the idea of the Moslem Republic Party.
In Gregorian calendar month 1979, Ruholla Khomeini appointed Hojatoleslam Khamenei as a member of the Revolutionary Council. And in March of identical year, together with his four brothers, established the Moslem Republic Party. He likewise served in the Central Council of the Party, and as deputy of the Ministry of Defense and representative of the Council in the Ministry, Commander of Moslem Revolution's Guards Corps.
Ayatollah Khomeini appointed him in 1980 to be the leader of the friday congregational prayers in Teheran. He was also elective as a deputy of the Moslem informatory Assembly (Majlis) in the same year.
In the summer of 1981, after delivering a very important speech in the Majlis that semiconductor diode to the dismissal of the then President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, an attempt was created on his life by the Mojahedin Khalq Organization (an armed opposition movement) while creating a speech in a mosque in Teheran, and his chest and hand were badly blistered.
Following the President Mohammad Rajaee's assassination in 1981, Hojatoleslam Khamenei was elective president of the Moslem Republic with ninety fifth of the votes forged in his favour.
He was president for another four years. during this point, he was chairman of the Supreme Defense Council and also the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council. In 1989 he received the title of "Ayatollah" from the theological faculty of Qom; and on June of same year, by the death of ayatollah Khomeini's, he was elective Vali-e Faqih (Supreme Leader of the Moslem Republic) by the bulk of votes of the Assembly of consultants.
After ayatollah Araki's death, ayatollah Khamenei was appointed in concert of the sources of imitation by the Qom's theological faculty.
Works:
The following books or articles are available
Discourse on Patience
By: ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei
Human Rights in Islam
By: ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei