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• In 1979, after the Islamic Revolution ousted the Shah, Khamenei became one of the Ayatullah's primary lieutenants
• Has bristled at the notion of engaging with the United States, even after President Barack Obama signaled his Administration's desire to adopt a more conciliatory stance toward the Islamic Republic
"The Iranian nation needs nuclear energy for life, not weapons." - Insisting that Iran's commitment to uranium enrichment was born out of a desire to harness nuclear technology for peaceful purposes; he has repeatedly stressed this point, noting that the use of nuclear weapons would violate Islamic law (CNN, March...
See TIME's covers from the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Madrassas are known in Britain as supplementary, after-hours schools, often run by volunteers in mosques and community centers. They typically teach youngsters how to recite the Koran and ground them in Islamic fundamentals. But over the past few months, 30 madrassas across the U.K. have trialled a program called...