Iranian Supreme Leader election, 1989

Supreme Leader election, 1989
June 4, 1989 (1989-06-04)
86 Members in the Assembly of Experts
58 votes needed to win
Turnout 86.04%

 
Candidate Ali Khamenei Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Yes vote First Round:—
Second Round:60		 First Round:13
Second Round:–
Percentage First Round:—
Second Round:69.76%		 First Round:15.11%
Second Round:–
Leader before election

Ruhollah Khomeini

 Elected Leader

Ali Khamenei

The Supreme Leader of Iran election, 1989 was an indirect election where the Assembly of Experts members voted to choose the second Supreme Leader of Iran. The election was held on June 4, 1989, the morning after Ruhollah Khomeini's death and Ali Khamenei was elected as his successor with 60 votes out of 74.[1]

According to the testimony of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the chamber before voting, in accordance with Ruhollah Khomeini's wish, Ali Khamenei was a suitable successor for him. He testified that in a meeting in late March 1989, Ruhollah Khomeini was asked about lack of a suitable successor for him after Hussein-Ali Montazeri was deposed and then he replied that Ali Khamenei is suitable.[2]

Video clip

On 8 January 2018, during the 2017–18 Iranian protests, a video from 1989 showing Ali Khamenei before the Assembly of Experts as part of the Supreme Leader elections saying he was not religiously qualified to be Supreme leader, prior to his appointment to the post. Khamenei, who was ranked as a Hujjat al-Islam and not a Marja' as required by the Iranian constitution, said he would only be a "ceremonial leader", and was reassured by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani the position would be "temporary" until a referendum, apparently planned for one year later. The video went viral, and caused embarrassment to Khamenei as Iranian authorities were attempting to quell the protests.[3][4][5] According to Radio Farda, if this was a deliberate leak the timing of leak is "quite interesting" due to the dangerous uncertainty to the regime caused by the widespread protests.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Amir Arjomand, Saïd (2009). After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199745760.
  2. 1 2 Peterson, Scott (2010). Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines. Simon and Schuster. p. 196. ISBN 9781416597391.
  3. ↑ Iran’s supreme leader blames US-Israeli plot for protests, Financial Times, 9 January 2018
  4. ↑ Leaked Video Embarrasses Iran’s Khamenei, Implicates Rafsanjani, Asharq Al Aswat, 10 January 2018
  5. ↑ Leaked video reveals new details about election of Iran's supreme leader, Al-Monitor, 11 January 2018
  6. ↑ Shocking Video Clip From 1989 Shows Khamenei Elected Only For One Year As A Caretaker, Radio Farda, 9 January 2018
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