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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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The Resume

    (July 15, 1939- )
    Born in Mashhad, Iran
    Azeri father and mother from Yazd
    President of Iran (October 2, 1981-August 2, 1989)
    Supreme Leader of Iran (June 4, 1989- )
    Succeeded Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as Supreme Leader of Iran

Why he might be annoying:

    He called Israel a 'cancerous tumor' and called for its elimination.
    He continued his predecessor's repressive government style.
    He allowed the execution of juveniles, most notably Mahmoud Asgari (16) and Ayaz Marhoni (18), two teenage boys hanged for presumably engaging in homosexual acts.
    He was one of the figures in the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the Shah of Iran (1979).
    He stayed silent over the Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 plane crash that killed 168 people (2009).
    He broke the code of neutrality for Supreme Leaders by calling President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election a 'divine assessment' (2009).
    He, like his predecessor, constantly whined against the Western World, especially the U.S., for all of Iran's troubles.
    He doesn't mind Iran's alliance with North Korea despite its Communist ideology.
    He has been criticized for inserting propaganda in Iranian media.
    He calls for the Islamization of Iranian universities.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He condemned the September 11, 2001 attacks.
    After weeks of protests from opposition party affiliates, he allowed some vote recounting.
    He opposes the use of nuclear weapons.
    He allows slight reconciliation with the West.

Credit: Big Lenny


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 88 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 298 Votes: 66.11% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 165 Votes: 47.27% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 21 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 251 Votes: 49.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 928 Votes: 62.18% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 431 Votes: 64.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 784 Votes: 81.38% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 97 Votes: 73.20% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 422 Votes: 65.17% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 637 Votes: 56.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 1070 Votes: 69.16% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 265 Votes: 80.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 28 Votes: 82.14% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 189 Votes: 67.72% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 92 Votes: 73.91% Annoying