How old is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?

82 years (April 19, 1939)
Ali Khamenei/Age

Who took over after Shah lost power?

When did Khomeini become ayatollah?

1979
Who Was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini? Ayatollah Khomeini became the supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, following many years of resistance to Shah Pahlavi. Following his appointment as Ayatollah, Khomeini worked to remove the Shah from power for his associations with the West.

What is the rank of an Ayatollah?

Only a few of the most important ayatollahs are accorded the rank of Grand Ayatollah (Ayatollah Uzma, “Great Sign of God”). When an ayatollah gains a significant following and they are recognized for religiously correct views, they are considered a Marja’-e-Taqlid, which in common parlance is “grand ayatollah”.

What is socio-economic class?

Socio-economic class: How do we define class? Class is about categorising people based on their economic position in society. The higher your class the more power, status and influence you have in the economy. This has made it one of the most important ideas over the last 150 years, driving massive social change and revolutions.

Why is every senior Iranian cleric now called an Ayatollah?

Michael M. J. Fischer opines in Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution that the Iranian revolution led to “rapid inflation of religious titles”, and almost every senior cleric was called an Ayatollah. The same phenomenon happened to the title Hujjat al-Islam before, which is today a less prestigious title than Ayatollah.

Do Shias in Iran use the title ayatollah?

The Sunni community of Iran does not use this title. It is also absent in the vocabulary of Shias in Lebanon, Pakistan, and India. In Iraq, while the title is not unknown, it is only used for clerics of Iranian origin. The title Ayatollah has been cheapened in the recent decades.