Theocrats

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war. A member of the Khamenei family, he previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He held the title Grand Ayatollah, and his tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in West Asia at the time of his death.

Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)

founder and first shah of Safavid Iran

The supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, officially styled as the leader of the Islamic Revolution or the leadership of the Islamic jurist by the Iranian Constitution, is the highest political and religious authority in Iran, taking precedence above the president who is the country's de jure head of state. The armed forces, judiciary, state radio and television, and other key government organizations such as the Guardian Council and Expediency Discernment Council are subject to the supreme leader.

title for Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon

Chinese revolutionary and leader of Taiping Rebellion (1814–1864)

Iranian Shi'a theologian (1843–1909)

Brazilian preacher (1830-1897)

right-wing religious conservative political faction in Iran

American Mormon leader (1813–1856)

movement

character in Game of Thrones as well as A Song of Ice and Fire

Irish Catholic priest (1883-1954)

Tajik Islamist group