Farsi site_link Iranian cleric and politician Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei participated in the Islamic revolution of 1979 opposed western influence and served as president from 1981 to 1989 and then as head of state As Shiite marja he acted in Mashhad He joined as a member of parliament for a short period and then for two terms before election as leader site_link Ruholla Khomeini also chose him as the prayer leader of Tehran on Friday He translated some works and authored the most comprehensive site_link Tarh i kulli yi andisha yi Islami dar Quran The General Scheme of the Islamic Thought in Koran And Solh i Imam Hasan a is his most famous translation Moreover people compiled his speeches in a comprehensive work called site_link Hadi Farsi site_link Iranian cleric and politician Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei participated in the Islamic revolution of 1979 opposed western influence and served as president from 1981 to 1989 and then as head of state As Shiite marja he acted in Mashhad He joined as a member of parliament for a short period and then for two terms before election as leader site_link Ruholla Khomeini also chose him as the prayer leader of Tehran on Friday He translated some works and authored the most comprehensive site_link Tarh i kulli yi andisha yi Islami dar Qur an The General Scheme of the Islamic Thought in Koran And Solh i Imam Hasan a is his most famous translation Moreover people compiled his speeches in a comprehensive work called site_link Hadith i wilayat People also compiled and published several other books about his speeches and wrote messages in different topics His most famous and effective fatwa in the world stopped insulting respected personalities of Sunnis Following his speeches and emphasis the concepts of Tahajum i farhangi cultural invasion and Bidari yi Islami Islamic awakening entered social literature Knowledgeable in literature he also composed some poems under Amin his pen name He studies his interest in contemporary history another field site_link site_link site_link