An haife Seyyed Ali Khamenei a ranar 19 ga Afrilu 1939 a Mashhad, birni na biyu mafi girma a Iran da babban cibiyar koyon Shia. Mahaifinsa ya kasance malamin addini mai daraja mai magana, mahaifiyarsa kuwa ta fito daga dangi masu ilimi. Ya fara karatun addini a Mashhad kafin ya koma Qom a 1957, inda ya karanci fikihu, ka'idojin fikihu, falsafa da tafsiri a ƙarƙashin wasu manyan malamin zamani, har da Ayatollah Borujerdi, Imam Khomeini da Allameh Tabatabai. An fi sanin shi da hazakar basira da basarar rubutu, kuma ya ci gaba da sha'awar sa ta zurfin zuwa waƙa da adabin Farisawa. Ya kammala matakin ilimi mafi girma na makarantar hauza (Dars-e Kharej) ya kuma fara koyar da darussan ƙwarewa da kansa.

Aikin siyasa na Khamenei ya fara a shekarun 1960, tare da karɓar ƙwarin guiwar Imam Khomeini kan mulkin Pahlavi. A shekarar 1964, an kama shi saboda rawar da ya taka wajen yada jawabin Ayatollah Khomeini kan Shah, an kuma yanke masa shekaru goma na aiki mai wahala. An sake shi a 1966 amma sake kama shi a 1967, an kuma tsare shi har zuwa 1968. A cikin watannin nan, alaƙarsa da mafiftukan juyin juya halin Musulunci ta ƙara ƙarfi, ya kuma ƙulla dangantaka da masu fafutuka. Bayan Imam Khomeini ya yi gudun hijira, Khamenei ya ci gaba da zama mai shirya a Mashhad da Qom, yana taimakawa wajen tabbatar da hanyoyin sadarwar addini da siyasa da suka kawo rusawar sarkanci.

Bayan Juyin Juyin Halin, Khamenei ya zama memba na kafa jam'iyyar Jumhuriyyar Musulunci ya kuma rike wasu manyan muƙamman. A watan Oktoba 1981, aka zabe shi a matsayin shugaban ƙasa na uku na Iran da rinjaye. Makonni kaɗan daga baya, ya tsallake yunƙurin kisa mai matuƙar haɗari lokacin da bam da aka ɓoye a cikin na'ura mai ɗaukar sauti ya fashe a taron manema labarai, ya bar shi da raunuka na dindindin a hannunsa na dama. Duk da haka, ya yi waƙaƙa biyu cikakken zamani a matsayin shugaban ƙasa a lokutan yakin Iran da Iraki da sake gina bayan yaƙe. Mulkinsa ya shahara da ƙoƙarin tabbatar da tattalin arziki, haɗa cibiyoyin juyin juya hali, da kuma tabbatar da haɗin kai na ƙasa a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Imam Khomeini.

A ranar 4 ga Yuni 1989, kwana biyu bayan rasuwar Imam Khomeini, Majalisar Masu ƙwarewa ta zabi Ayatollah Khamenei a matsayin sabon Babban Jagora. Ya karbi jagoranci a lokacin da ba a da tabbaci, yaƙe-yaƙe na kusa da ƙare, tattalin arziki ya lalace, kuma wanda ya kafa jamhuriyar ya rasu. A cikin shekaru da dama, ya shirya Iran ta hanyar tattali, motsin gyara na ciki, rikicin yankuna da tattaunawar diflomasiya. Jawabinshi da wasiƙunshi sun shafi batutuwa daga fikihun Musulunci da ɗabi'a zuwa Falasdinu, Yamen da adawa da ceton ƙarfin yamma. A cikin ƙasa, ya ƙara jaddada 'yancin kai, ci gaban ilimi da adalcin zamantakewa, a duniya kuma ana fito da shi a matsayin muryar jagora ta hanyar Rumbun Adawa.

A ƙarƙashin jagorancin Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran ta gina kuma ta kiyaye Rumbun Adawa — cibiyar sadarwar ƙasashe, ƙungiyoyi da abokan aiwatar da ke tseraya daga Tehran zuwa Beirut, Damascus, Baghdad, Sanaa da Gaza. Wannan kawancen ya zama ginshikin matsayin Iran a yankin, yana adawa da mamayar Isra'ila, ƙarfin Amurka da tsattsauran ra'ayin Wahhabi. A tsawon shekaru, wannan lamari ya sha ruwan jinin manyan shahidai wadanda ake kiran sunayensu a masallatai, zanga-zanga da gidaje a fadin duniyar Musulunci.

Janar Qassem Soleimani, kwamandan rundunar Quds kuma mai tsara nasarorin Rumbun a fagen yakar ISIS a Iraki da Sham, an kashe shi a ranar 3 ga Janairu, 2020 da harin jirgin maras matukin Amurka kusa da filin jirgin sama na Baghdad da umarnin Shugaba Donald Trump. Jana'izar ta jawo miliyoyin mutane — daga cikin manyan taruka a tarihin bil'adama.

Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, Sakatare-Janar na Hezbollah na tsawon shekaru talatin da suka wuce, ya shahada a ranar 27 ga Satumba, 2024 a babban harin saman Isra'ila a unguwar Haret Hreik ta kudancin Beirut. Tare da shi ya faɗo Janar na Rundunar Tsaro Abbas Nilforoushan.

Ismail Haniyeh, shugaban siyasa na Hamas da alamar juriyar Falasdinawa, an kashe shi a ranar 31 ga Yuli, 2024 da makami mai gudi na Isra'ila da ya buge gidansa a Tehran, inda ya zo don halartar rantsar da Shugaba Masoud Pezeshkian.

Shugaba Ebrahim Raisi, ɗan fari na Khamenei kuma babban jigo a sansanin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, ya shahada a hadarin jirgin sama a lardin tsaunuka na Gabashin Azerbaijan a ranar 19 ga Mayu, 2024, tare da Ministan Harkokin Waje Hossein Amir-Abdollahian da tawagarsu. Kasar ta yi musu makoki a ƙarƙashin tutar 'Shahidan Sabis.'

Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, babban masanin kimiyyar nukiliya na Iran, an kashe shi a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, 2020 a Absard, gabashin Tehran, da makami mai nisa wanda ake sarrafa shi daga nesa, a aikin da aka danganta ga Mossad na Isra'ila.

Khamenei ya kuma ta kiran wadannan mutane a matsayin 'shahidai a hanyar Allah,' yana bayyana cewa jinin zansu zai ƙara ƙarfafa Adawa kuma zai gaggauta 'yantar da Falasdinu.

Daga watan Yuni na 2025, dogon inuwar rikici ta faɗi a yankin. Bayan da Isra'ila ta buge manyan gidajen soja da nukiliya na Iran, Iran ta amsa da igiyoyin makami masu linzami — Operation True Promise III — wadanda suka karya tsaron saman Isra'ila suka buge muhimman wurare. Wannan tsagewa ta koma Yaƙin Kwana Goma Sha Biyu (13-24 Yuni 2025), wanda a lokacin Amurka ta buge a kai tsaye cibiyoyin nukiliya na Iran a Fordow, Natanz da Isfahan da bamai masu fashewar mahalli.

Wani tsohuwan tsagaita wuta ya biyo baya, amma tashin hankali bai taba komawa baya gabaɗaya ba. CIA ta watanni tana bin tafiyar Khamenei da manyan jami'an, ta kuma san cewa ana shirin taro a hedikwatarsa a tsakiyar Tehran. A safiyar ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 2026, a cikin sa'o'i na farko na yaƙin Iran na 2026, jiragen saman Isra'ila — tare da goyon bayan basirar Amurka, ikon sama da kadarorin ruwa — sun buge hedikwatar da wasu manyan makamai guda talatin da makaman Sparrow masu linzami a lokacin rana.

Rahotanni na farko sun sabawa junansu: kafofin Isra'ila da Shugaba Trump sun bayyana Khamenei ya mutu, yayin da kafofin yada labarai na Iran suka fara dage cewa yana 'lafiya kalau.' A ranar 1 ga Maris, Babban Majalisar Tsaro ta Kasa da masu watsa labarai na gwamnati sun tabbatar da shahadarsa. Kasar ta ayyana kwanaki 40 na makoki da kwana bakwai na hutun kasa. Hukumar Fars ta ruwaito cewa 'yar Khamenei Boshra, jikanyarsa Zahra, damigarsa Mesbah Bagheri Kani da amaryarsa Zahra Haddad-Adel suma sun shahada a harin.

A jana'izarsa, an sanar da Majalisar Jagoranci ta wucin gadi — wadda ta kunshi memba na Majalisar Masu Ƙwarewa Alireza Arafi, Shugaba Masoud Pezeshkian da Babban Alkali Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i — don jagorantar kasar. A ranar 8 ga Maris, 2026, Majalisar Masu Ƙwarewa ta zabi dansa Mojtaba Khamenei a matsayin Babban Jagora na uku. An kori gawar Khamenei zuwa Mashhad, birnin haihuwarsa, don a binne shi kusa da masallacin Imam Reza (amanar Allah ta tabbata a gare shi).

A lokacin shahadarsa a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 2026, Ayatollah Khamenei ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 36 da watanni shida a matsayin Babban Jagora — mafi dadewa ga kowane shugaban kasa a Yammacin Asiya. Ya tsara asalin siyasar Iran, goyon bayanta ga Falasdinu, Lebanon, Yemen da Adawar yanki, da kuma canja ta zuwa karfin fasaha da soja mai musanya wuta kai tsaye da Isra'ila da Amurka. Ya rubuta ayyuka da yawa akan tunanin Musulunci, fikihu da tafsirin Alkur'ani, kuma jawabansa — waɗanda aka fassara zuwa yaruka da yawa — sun nuna tsararrakin mabiya.

Ga miliyoyin Musulmai a duniya, har da mabiya Kungiyar Musulunci a Najeriya, ya kasance misali na jagoranci maras karko, wanda ya dabaibae da imani, adawa da zalunci da sadaukarwa ga al'amarar Falasdinu. Fatawar da ya haramta makaman hallaka tarin jama'a, goyon bayansa ga Rumbun Adawa, da kuma kariyar da yake yi wa asalin Musulunci sun sa ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu iko akan addini a zamaninsa.

Ko da yake ya tafi duniya a matsayin shahida, misalinsa da rubuce-rubucensa suna ci gaba da ba da karfin gwiwa. Juyin Juya Halin Musulunci da ya yi wa hidima na tsawon rabin karni yana ci gaba, kuma dansa Mojtaba Khamenei ya ɗauki jagoranci don ci gaba da manufa — yana cika ayar: 'Kada ku yi zaton waɗanda aka kashe a cikin hanyar Allah sun mutu. A'asa, suna raye, suna tare da Ubangijinsu, ana ciyar da su' (Alkur'ani 3:169).