Khamenei

Yesterday, Ahmadinejad said the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was like a father to him.

Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic would not cheat or betray the vote of the people.

He made his decision after receiving a direct order from the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

[Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei was our last hope, but his sermon [last Friday] made us out to be the enemies of Islam and Iran.

If this continues for another two weeks, I think the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will have a serious situation on his hands.

Mr Khamenei had already declared such celebrations, which predate Islam, to be religiously unlawful.

Some chanted "death to the dictator" , often shouting accusations that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, was a murderer.

Khamenei, whose previously unquestioned authority is now under daily challenge, hit back furiously.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's call hedged his strong backing of the result of Friday's vote.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, suggested the United States engage with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

"Issues must be pursued through a legal channel, " state TV quoted Khamenei as saying.

In an unusually public rebuke to Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei demanded that Mashaei be removed from that position.

At the equivalent event four years ago, Ahmadinejad kissed Khamenei's hand and was embraced by the cleric.

After Khamenei ordered the prison to be closed down, its head was dismissed and arrested for dereliction of duty.

Two letters from Mr Obama to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, are reported to have received a dusty answer.

At moments on Saturday, Khamenei's authority, which is that of the Islamic Republic itself, seemed fragile.

It is the country's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, who commands the armed forces and national security apparatus, not the populist president.

It is highly unlikely that either Khamenei or the Guardian Council would agree to such a referendum.

Q: Will it take Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's support to approve engagement with the United States?

But Khamenei replied that the election had been conducted fairly.

The opposition had defied warnings from Ayatollah Khamenei, who had also backed the outcome of the election in a speech on Friday.

Mashaei walked that comment back, but it clearly sat badly with the traditional conservatives around Khamenei.

But all in after the end of that Khamenei had cancer give up.

The previous week, the regime's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, lambasted Britain as the "most evil" country.

And there is one less ayatollah to challenge Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, in his claim to lead all the world's Shias.

Khamenei indicated that Iranians should take a deep breath in the aftermath of the vote.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said last week's election demonstrated the majority of Iranians trusted the Islamic regime.

Official news reports described Mohammadi as devout, loyal to the Islamic Republic and to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

But footage of the opposition demonstrations shows posters of Mr Khamenei's bearded face being stamped on.

Passions are running so high that the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is calling on Iranians to vote wisely.

Religion runs deep here, and for many, religion has manifested itself in Khamenei, the country's leader.

Most dramatically, the position of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been sorely undermined.

The news represents a surprising turnaround for Khamenei, who had previously welcomed the results.

Mr Khamenei demands an end to "negativist" statements from the country's officials, which breed "hopelessness" .

In recent speeches, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top officials have called this emerging conflict the 'soft war. '

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei urged the world's Muslim populations to unite against Israel's attacks on Hamas in Gaza.

Both carried accounts showing Khamenei responding calmly.

On Monday, Khamenei will lead a ceremony formally approving Ahmadinejad's second term.

Sunrise Xiyi Lang Khamenei in Tehran for the explosion government held high-profile victims and funeral.

Khamenei extended a warm welcome to Jiang for his state visit.

All of those form part of the Khamenei agenda.

I've been hearing about Khamenei's fear of "velvet revolutions" for months now.

The solution, he insists, is clear: the people must get rid of Ayatollah Khamenei as Supreme Guide with dictatorial powers.

Khamenei approved Mr. inejad's presidency at an official ceremony Monday in Tehran.

According to one account, he has been busy in the seminary town of Qom, canvassing senior clerics to back a move to sack Mr Khamenei.

Britain, which was condemned by Khamenei as "evil" at the weekend, came under renewed fire from Iranian members of parliament.

Ali Khamenei warns of 'collapse' after Iran referendum calls