Supreme Leadership of Iran

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head of state role political office religious leadership position

The Supreme Leadership of Iran is the highest political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic, wielding ultimate control over the armed forces, judiciary, state media, and key aspects of domestic and foreign policy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Leader of Iran	2
Supreme Leadership of Iran canonical	2
Iranian clerical establishment	1
Office of the Supreme Leader	1
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Leadership of Iran
Context triple: [Presidency of Iran, distinctFrom, Supreme Leadership of Iran]

A. Presidency of Iran
The Presidency of Iran is the executive institution headed by the elected President, who serves as the country’s head of government within its Islamic Republic political system.
B. Cultural Revolution in Iran
The Cultural Revolution in Iran was a post-1979 campaign led by the Islamic Republic to Islamize universities and purge Western and secular influences from the country’s educational and cultural institutions.
C. Government of Iran
The Government of Iran is the central political authority of the Islamic Republic, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches under a theocratic-republican system led by the Supreme Leader.
D. Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution was a 1979 popular uprising that overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy and established the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.
E. Islamic Republic
The Islamic Republic is a form of state in which governance and legal frameworks are explicitly based on Islamic principles and law while operating within a republican system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supreme Leadership of Iran
Target entity description: The Supreme Leadership of Iran is the highest political and religious authority in the Islamic Republic, wielding ultimate control over the armed forces, judiciary, state media, and key aspects of domestic and foreign policy.

A. Presidency of Iran
The Presidency of Iran is the executive institution headed by the elected President, who serves as the country’s head of government within its Islamic Republic political system.
B. Cultural Revolution in Iran
The Cultural Revolution in Iran was a post-1979 campaign led by the Islamic Republic to Islamize universities and purge Western and secular influences from the country’s educational and cultural institutions.
C. Government of Iran
The Government of Iran is the central political authority of the Islamic Republic, encompassing its executive, legislative, and judicial branches under a theocratic-republican system led by the Supreme Leader.
D. Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution was a 1979 popular uprising that overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy and established the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini.
E. Islamic Republic
The Islamic Republic is a form of state in which governance and legal frameworks are explicitly based on Islamic principles and law while operating within a republican system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state role ⓘ political office ⓘ religious leadership position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
appointedBy	Assembly of Experts ⓘ
appoints	Friday prayer leaders in major cities ⓘ commander of the Law Enforcement Command of Iran ⓘ commander of the regular army of Iran ⓘ commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ commanders of the armed forces of Iran ⓘ head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ⓘ head of judiciary of Iran ⓘ head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran ⓘ members of the Expediency Discernment Council ⓘ members of the Guardian Council ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article 5 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ Articles 107–112 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
country	Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Iran
createdBy	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
established	1979 ⓘ
firstOfficeholder	Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ
firstOfficeholderEnd	1989 ⓘ
firstOfficeholderStart	1979 ⓘ
hasAuthorityTo	declare peace ⓘ declare war ⓘ dismiss the president of Iran under certain conditions ⓘ issue binding decrees ⓘ mobilize the armed forces ⓘ
hasPowerOver	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ armed forces of Iran ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran judiciary of Iran ⓘ linked to: judicial branch of Iran key aspects of domestic policy in Iran ⓘ key aspects of foreign policy of Iran ⓘ regular army of Iran ⓘ state broadcasting of Iran ⓘ
highestAuthorityIn	Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Islamic Republic
ideologicalBasis	Twelver Shia Islam ⓘ linked to: Twelver Shia Velayat-e Faqih ⓘ linked to: Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
locatedIn	Tehran ⓘ
nativeName	رهبر جمهوری اسلامی ایران ⓘ linked to: Rahbar
nativeNameLanguage	Persian ⓘ
oversees	general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ implementation of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
relatedConcept	Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ⓘ
religiousRole	highest political-religious authority in Iran ⓘ
residence	Beit-e Rahbari (Office of the Supreme Leader) ⓘ linked to: Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran Hoseiniyeh Jamaran ⓘ
secondOfficeholder	Ali Khamenei ⓘ
secondOfficeholderStart	1989 ⓘ
supervises	functioning of the three branches of government in Iran ⓘ
symbolizes	unity of the state and religion in the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ