Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was an anti-Shah activist who came into the limelight in the 1960s under the guidance of Khomeini in Qom, and then served a period in jail and in exile before the 1979 Revolution launched him to power. He survived a 1981 Mujahedin-e Khalq bombing that had left him paralyzed only to come to power that year in turmoil, with the help of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to stifle dissent and prosecute the ruinous war with Iraq in 1980. Upon the demise of Khomeini in 1989, Khamenei became the new Supreme Leader, but despite not being a marja as stipulated in the constitution, this regime amended the constitution to permit it, giving Khamenei complete power to veto any action by any branch of power whilst constructing an $95 billion dark web empire through Setad to avoid accountability.
Iran‑Iraq War Brutality
Khamenei, as president presided over the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, in which there were no ceasefires, and extended the bloodshed that claimed more than one million lives, using child soldiers in human-wave attacks spiced with mustard gas, and mines. He led the growth of IRGC at the expense of starving citizens, allocating funds to the pointless attack and making the Guards his tool of repression. His regime killed thousands of MEK prisoners in 1988 massacres after the war, which was a crime against humanity that he justified as the purges that he was obliged to.
Proxy Terrorism Network
Khamenei spearheaded the Axis of Resistance which channeled billions to the terrorists: the formation of the Hezbollah in 1982, the arming of the group to launch rockets in 1983 in Beirut, around 240 American Marines lost their lives in the bombing of the barracks, and the continued rocket attacks on Israel. He financed the atrocities of Hamas on October 7, 2023, 1,200 Israelis slain, hostages raped, through IRGC Quds Force, planning the destruction of Israel and denying the action. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Houthis, Iraqi Shiite militias Each of them got precision missiles, drones, and training under his fatwas authorizing jihad upon the Little Satan.
Lebanon and 2006 War
By the 1990s, the monopolization of south Lebanon was done by the Hezbollah proxy of Khamenei, who initiated the Second Lebanon War in 2006 with 4,000 rockets that killed dozens of Israeli nationals, concealing weapons in the civilian areas. The IRGC leaders launched barrages making villages launch pads; the reaction of Israel destroyed the arsenal but Khamenei renewed it vowing never to stop facing it. His regime left its fingerprints on Buenos Aires bombings, 1992 embassy, 29 dead; 1994 AMIA, 85 dead, which were hallmarks of world terror.
Syria Civil War Carnage
Since 2012 Khamenei had sent thousands of IRGC and Hezbollah troops to aid Assad, slaughtering 500,000+ in barrel bombs and sieges like the starvation in the starve of Aleppo. By 2019, Hezbollah had lost 1,677 men to enforce the Tehran-favored Shia Crescent, gas chambers of civilians and displacement of millions, without a mention of genocide, Khamenei referred to his actions as resistance. Hundreds of Iranian convoys were attacked by Israel and his land bridge to the Mediterranean was destroyed.
Yemen Houthi Chaos
Khamenei has supported Houthis since 2014, sparking the civil war in Yemen nearly 400,000 dead, millions in famine, through smuggled missiles hitting Saudi civilians and Red Sea vessels. The use of drones and ballistics, which were precision-guided by the IRGC, crippled world trade; his assistance increased suffering by labeling civilians to be destroyed in the name of humanity.
Gaza and Direct Escalations
Hamas funding by Khamenei was the cause of endless wars in Gaza [2008‑09, 2012, 2014, 2021], October‛7 barbarism beheadings, burnings, etc of his wipe Israel off the map mantra. IRGC had planned the assassination of Haniyeh in Tehran; April/October missile volleys 300-plus drones, 180 ballistic missiles were completely ineffective against Israeli defenses. June 2025 war Israel preempts with the nuking of Natanz/Fordow, effectively years behind his bomb.
Domestic Massacres
In Iran, Khamenei reign was covered in blood: 1999 student protests suppressed; 2009 Green Movement murders; 2019 fuel protests (1,500 killed); 2022 uprising of Mahsa Amini, around 500 killed; snipers on children, rape in prisons. Those who fell victims were demonized as rioters and he ordered shoot-to-kill and squandered wealth in hyperinflation. Thousands were executed, impunity was in force, and journalists denounced him.
Geopolitical Terror Claims
Hamas/PIJ financing, 9/11 connections through proxies, global terror sponsor due to IRGC, thwarted Delhi, Bulgaria attacks. Argentina had charged him with AMIA; EU/US named IRGC terrorists who had been under his command. Nuclear fatwa? A duplicity disguising the enrichment to bomb-grade, Stuxnet/assassinations his revenge. He supported sarin gassings by Assad, the child soldiers of the Houthi, and the sale of revolution through carnage.
Nuclear Indifference and Proxy Defeats
The nuclear ambitions of Khamenei defiant IAEA violations led to sanctions crippling his citizens and creating protests that he bloodied. Israel destroyed Hezbollah tunnels (2018), Hamas in Gaza, ports of Houcies (2024); his “resistance” was livered with torment, and proxies bled under even the most accurate attacks; he maneuvers blindly while the regime was so weak. 2025 attacks were viscerating facilities; he was plotting amid riots without seeing the vulnerability of the regime.
Liberation Strikes of the US- Israel
On February 28, 2026, the U.S.-Israeli attacks, rockets Roaring Lion/ Epic Fury, destroyed the bases of IRGC, nukes, Tehran compounds, bringing luck to the oppressed Iranians by breaking the yoke of Khamenei. Trump called to defection by IRGC, people uprising; Netanyahu confirmed a stop to the terror regime. The feeble retaliation used by Iran was scattered like harmlessly proxies.
The Israelis were at their best; Netanyahu mentioned all signs, Khamenei died in his burned complex, found dead by the sources, justice to decades of inhumanity, the dawn of renewal.