Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, crushed dissent, called for Israel’s destruction
BEIRUT — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Saturday, had over more than 30 years in power demonized the United States, called for the destruction of Israel and maintained an iron-clad grip on Iran’s politics while advancing its influence across the Middle East. President Trump announced Khamenei’s…