Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Khamenei (Persian: سید محمد خامنه‌ای, born 25 December 1935) is an Iranian cleric and politician.

He supported Abol-Ghasem Kashani and other clergy who advocated for the Nationalisation of the Iranian oil industry, he was very vocal about these ideas when he was a student in Nawab School, where he would often participate in rallies and lectures.

[6] With the arrival of Ruhollah Khomeini on the political scene in Iran, he was very supportive of him and would distribute his tapes in Qom, Tehran, and Mashhad among others.

Although he was heavily involved with the ongoing political climate in Iran during the '70s, he was never prosecuted by SAVAK as they didn't have files on him unlike his brothers.

[4] As the struggles intensified, he alongside others formed a secret group consisting of 11 members whose aim was to try and establish a centre to fight the Pahlavi regime.

During his second term, he was one of the eight lawmakers who was vocal against the Iran–Contra affair and was questioning the credibility of the foreign minister at the time, Ali Akbar Velayati.

[10] Currently he is the president of the Iranology Foundation, and said in an event held by Sadra Islamic Wisdom Foundation:[11] In ancient Iran, whether Aryan or indigenous Iranian governments (such as the Elamites or the northern Caspians or the Manichaean civilizations and the central regions in Kashan and Kerman) are all the founders of rich cultures and the production of science and art.