Iran: How Ayatollah Khamenei became its most powerful man

Two months later, the same insurgent group assassinated Iran's President, Mohammad-Ali Rajai. Ali Khamenei was elected to succeed Rajai and stayed in the then largely-ceremonial role for eight years, often clashing with the then prime minister, Mir Hossein Mousavi, whom he thought favoured too much reform to the Iranian system.

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