{"id":3133,"date":"2026-03-01T04:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T07:10:53","slug":"ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-and-the-endless-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/trade-policy\/ali-khamenei-the-supreme-leader-and-the-endless-wars\/3133\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader and the endless wars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/a> was an anti-Shah activist who<\/a> came into the limelight in the 1960s under the guidance of Khomeini<\/a> 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<\/a> bombing that had left him paralyzed only to come to power that year in turmoil, with the help of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a>, to stifle dissent and prosecute the ruinous war with Iraq in 1980. Upon the demise of Khomeini<\/a> in 1989, Khamenei<\/a> 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<\/a> complete power to veto any action by any branch of power whilst constructing an $95 billion dark web empire through Setad to avoid accountability.<\/p>\n

Iran<\/a>\u2011Iraq War Brutality<\/h4>\n

Khamenei<\/a>, as president presided over the eight-year Iran<\/a>-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<\/a> 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<\/a> prisoners in 1988 massacres after the war, which was a crime against humanity that he justified as the purges that he was obliged to.<\/p>\n

Proxy Terrorism Network<\/h4>\n

Khamenei<\/a> spearheaded the Axis of Resistance which channeled billions to the terrorists: the formation of the Hezbollah<\/a> 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<\/a>. He financed the atrocities of Hamas<\/a> on October 7, 2023, 1,200 Israelis slain, hostages raped, through IRGC Quds Force<\/a>, planning the destruction of Israel<\/a> and denying the action. Palestinian Islamic Jihad<\/a>, Houthis<\/a>, Iraqi Shiite<\/a> militias Each of them got precision missiles, drones, and training under his fatwas authorizing jihad upon the Little Satan.<\/p>\n

Lebanon and 2006 War<\/h4>\n

By the 1990s, the monopolization of south Lebanon was done by the Hezbollah<\/a> proxy of Khamenei, who<\/a> initiated the Second Lebanon War<\/a> in 2006 with 4,000 rockets that killed dozens of Israeli nationals, concealing weapons in the civilian areas. The IRGC<\/a> leaders launched barrages making villages launch pads; the reaction of Israel<\/a> 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<\/a>, 85 dead, which were hallmarks of world terror.<\/p>\n

Syria<\/a> Civil War Carnage<\/h4>\n

Since 2012 Khamenei had sent thousands of IRGC<\/a> and Hezbollah<\/a> troops to aid Assad<\/a>, slaughtering 500,000+ in barrel bombs and sieges like the starvation in the starve of Aleppo. By 2019, Hezbollah<\/a> 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<\/a> and his land bridge to the Mediterranean was destroyed.<\/p>\n

Yemen Houthi<\/a> Chaos<\/h4>\n

Khamenei has supported Houthis<\/a> since 2014, sparking the civil war in Yemen\u00a0 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<\/a>, crippled world trade; his assistance increased suffering by labeling civilians to be destroyed in the name of humanity.<\/p>\n

Gaza<\/a> and Direct Escalations<\/h4>\n

Hamas<\/a> funding<\/a> by Khamenei was the cause of endless wars in Gaza<\/a> [2008\u201109, 2012, 2014, 2021], October\u201b7 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<\/a>\/Fordow<\/a>, effectively years behind his bomb.<\/p>\n

Domestic Massacres<\/h4>\n

In Iran<\/a>, 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,<\/a>\u00a0 around 500 killed; snipers on children, rape in prisons. Those who<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Geopolitical Terror Claims<\/h4>\n

Hamas<\/a>\/PIJ<\/a> financing, 9\/11 connections through proxies, global terror sponsor due to IRGC, thwarted Delhi, Bulgaria attacks. Argentina had charged him with AMIA<\/a>; EU<\/a>\/US named IRGC terrorists who<\/a> 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<\/a>, the child soldiers of the Houthi, and the sale of revolution through carnage.<\/p>\n

Nuclear Indifference and Proxy Defeats<\/h4>\n

The nuclear ambitions of Khamenei defiant IAEA<\/a> violations led to sanctions crippling his citizens and creating protests that he bloodied. Israel destroyed Hezbollah tunnels (2018), Hamas<\/a> in Gaza<\/a>, ports of Houcies<\/a> (2024); his \u201cresistance\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

Liberation Strikes of the US- Israel<\/h4>\n

On February 28, 2026, the U.S.-Israeli attacks, rockets Roaring Lion<\/a>\/ Epic Fury<\/a>, destroyed the bases of IRGC, nukes, Tehran compounds, bringing luck to the oppressed Iranians by breaking the yoke of Khamenei. Trump<\/a> called to defection by IRGC, people uprising; Netanyahu<\/a> confirmed a stop to the terror regime. The feeble retaliation used by Iran<\/a> was scattered like harmlessly proxies.<\/p>\n

The Israelis were at their best; Netanyahu<\/a> mentioned all signs, Khamenei died in his burned complex, found dead by the sources, justice to decades of inhumanity, the dawn of renewal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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