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For over 35 years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ruled Iran with an iron grip

Both US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have raised the possibility of targeting Tehran’s all-powerful leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. CNN’s Melissa Bell takes a look at Khamenei’s rise to power, and how the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran may put his decades-long rule to the test.

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