| After a few months, at a televised meeting with then-President and his Cabinet ministers, important clerics, the leader of parliament and provincial governors, the heads of state broadcasting and the Iranian chamber of commerce, Khamenei ordered "to pass some laws, sell off some businesses, and be quick about it | Interpretation of Islamic law Khamenei meeting with authorities, 2018 In 2000, Ali Khamenei sent a letter to the Iranian parliament forbidding the legislature from debating a revision of the Iranian press law |
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| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies | Science and technology See also: Ali Khamenei has been supportive of scientific progress in Iran |
Khamenei became the first cleric to serve in the office.
22| Mukhber also cited a sum total grant of 2 | He said that the Iranian people will respond with an "iron fist" if Western powers meddle in Iran's internal affairs |
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| Financial assets See also: Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat observed: "The ayatollah likes to cultivate an image of austerity but receives major commissions from the Iranian oil and arms industries and there have been regular claims that he and his son have amassed a fortune running into billions of dollars | UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
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