Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint US-Israeli strikes in late February, was Iran’s second and longest serving supreme leader. He became head of state in 1989, after the death of his mentor and predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khomeini, who led the 1979 Islamic Revolution, died just under ten years after founding the Islamic … The post In 1989, Iran held a massive funeral for its supreme leader appeared first on Egypt Independent.