Iran's Leader Said to Have Died...

Since 1989, Khamenei has ruled over the ancient Persian country with an iron fist, succeeding his predecessor, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in instituting Islamic law over Iran.

In 1983 and 1984, while he was President of Iran under Khomeini, Khamenei oversaw the Iran-backed killings of three hundred American servicemen in Lebanon.

Iran continued to target American soldiers during the United States’ most recent war in Iraq. American officials believe that Iran was primarily responsible for supplying IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) to jihadist groups during the war. The explosive devices, many of which were utilized as booby traps and roadside bombs, killed many American soldiers.
—Breitbart