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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
06-19-2009
Iran's Supreme Leader Is Ultimate Authority

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 10:00-11:00 AM

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Now the man who spoke today at Friday prayers, the supreme leader, is supposed to have the last word in Iran. Iranian American author Hooman Majd has written about Ayatollah Khamenei's power.

Mr. HOOMAN MAJD (Journalist and author, "Ayatollah Begs To Differ"): He succeeded Ayatollah Khamenei who was the founder of the revolution, who most Americans know from the hostage crisis and from the revolution of 1979 - people old enough to remember that. Khamenei was appointed by the Assembly of Experts.

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