1. Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Khamenei is an Iranian cleric and politician.
17 Facts About Mohammad Khamenei
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Mohammad Khamenei is the older brother of Ali Khamenei, the current Supreme Leader of Iran, and Hadi Khamenei.
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Mohammad Khamenei was one of the compilers of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member for the Islamic Consultative Assembly representing Mashhad.
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Mohammad Khamenei is the oldest son of Javad Khamenei and Khadijeh Mirdamadi.
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Mohammad Khamenei is the older brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.
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Mohammad Khamenei studied religious sciences and Arabic with his father at a young age, when he was 12 he started studying Tajweed and the meanings and interpretation of the Quran at Nawab School in Howzah in Mashhad a with teachers such as Ayatollah Mohammad Hadi al-Milani, Ayatollah Hashem Qazvini, Ayatollah Mirza Javad Tehrani.
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Mohammad Khamenei supported Abol-Ghasem Kashani and other clergy who advocated for the Nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry, he was very vocal about these ideas when he was a student in Nawab School, where he would often participate in rallies and lectures.
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Mohammad Khamenei served in the first term as a representative of Razavi Khorasan.
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Mohammad Khamenei was one of the 53 voters in favour for Velayat Faqih to be a part of the constitution.
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Mohammad Khamenei was involved with the drafting of the Algiers Accords between Iran and United States of America to help free the American hostages during the Iran hostage crisis.
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Mohammad Khamenei served the head of the Judicial Commissions during his first term in Islamic Consultative Assembly.
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Mohammad Khamenei was one of the first opponents of the president at the time, Abolhassan Banisadr.
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Mohammad Khamenei was shot in the back by the assailants and spent some time in hospital to recover from his injuries.
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Mohammad Khamenei was one of the founders of the Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation in 2000.
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Mohammad Khamenei has been in involved with research and teaching in Allameh Tabataba'i University, School of International Relations, Al-Zahra University and Islamic Azad University.
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Mohammad Khamenei has both translated and written many books such as.
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Mohammad Khamenei published a book about this called 'The Cours of Wisdom in Iran and the World'.