Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 86
The Islamic Republic's last 'Supreme Leader' ?
A vast number of Iranians will singularly hold Ayatollah Khamenei, who first became leader in 1989, responsible for setting Iran on a collision course with Israel and the US that ultimately brought considerable ruin to his country and people.
"It is difficult to estimate how much longer the Iranian regime can survive under such significant strain, but this looks like the beginning of the end,"
says Professor Lina Khatib, a visiting scholar at Harvard University.
Dr Lina Khatib
Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme
https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-people/lina-khatib
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