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Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran

Coordinates: 35°41′31″N 51°23′55″E / 35.69194°N 51.39861°E / 35.69194; 51.39861
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Office of the Supreme Leadership Authority
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Pictured here, the Imam Khomeini Hussainiya, part of the House of Leadership, is the place where the Supreme Leader usually met the public.[1]
Agency overview
FormedJuly 1989
Preceding agency
Dissolved28 February 2026
StatusDestroyed
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
35°41′31″N 51°23′55″E / 35.69194°N 51.39861°E / 35.69194; 51.39861
Agency executives
Websitewww.leader.ir

The Office of the Supreme Leadership Authority (Persian: دفتر مقام معظم رهبری, Daftar-e Magham-e Moazzam-e Rahbari), also known in shortform as the House of the Leadership (Persian: بیت رهبری, Beit-e Rahbari), was the official residence, bureaucratic office and principal workplace of the supreme leader of Iran[5] from 1989 until it was destroyed in an airstrike on 28 February 2026.[6][7][8][9]

Its structure was a mixture of traditional Beit (religious office of Marja') and bureaucracy.[10] The institution was located in central Tehran[11] and was run by Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani.[3]

Location

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The imperial Ekhtesassi Palace was formerly in the location

The Office of the Supreme Leader was built on the grounds of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Ekhtesassi Palace, which served as Ali Khamenei's residence and office during his tenure as President of the Islamic Republic from 1981 to 1989. The Ekhtesassi Palace was designed in 1938 by two Jewish Hungarian architects from the British Mandate of Palestine (present-day Israel), Laszlo Fischer and Ferenc Bodanzky, who also designed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in the National Garden. Reza Shah personally selected the two to design the residence adjacent to his Marble Palace as a gift to the then-Crown Prince. Additional palaces were constructed in its vicinity for his siblings Shams (north, directly above), Ashraf (south, across the street) and Abdol Reza (east, across the street). It served as Mohammad Reza Shah's primary residence from 1938 until 1969, when the Imperial Court moved into the Niavaran Palace complex in northern Tehran.[12]

Overview

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The Office of the Supreme Leader was used by the supreme leader to communicate and administer orders to various other military, cultural, economic, and political organizations. A number of political, military, and religious advisors worked under this office. These advisors have an influential role in decisions made throughout country.

According to Ali Motahari, a former member of parliament from Tehran, the influence of the Office of the Supreme Leader in the country's affairs was so great that "the parliament is effectively a branch of the Office of the Supreme Leader".[13]

Sanctions

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On 24 June 2019, U.S. president Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13876, in which the assets of the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, along with Ali Khamenei, were frozen following the incident near the Gulf of Oman in the days prior.[14][15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Supreme Leader receives people at Imam Khomeini Mosque". Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). 9 September 2015. 81753490 (4864870). Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. ^ Mohammad Hamid Ansari, ed. (2005). Iran today: twenty-five years after the Islamic revolution. ORF studies of contemporary Muslim societies. Vol. 3. Rupa & Co. pp. 213, 217.
  3. ^ a b c Sahimi, Muhammad (29 May 2013). "The Death of the Iranian Revolution". National Interest. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Army Unveils Book on Supreme Leader's Remarks about Military Self-Sufficiency". Fars News Agency. 15 December 2014. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  5. ^ Dickey, Cristopher (19 July 2009). "Ayatollah Khamenei's Journey". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Khamenei's compound destroyed by Israel". The Jerusalem Post. 28 February 2026. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Israel & US strike Iran: Khamenei's palace completely destroyed - where is the Supreme Leader?". The Times of India. 28 February 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  8. ^ "His house completely destroyed after bombings/ Is Iran's supreme leader, Khamenei, alive?". CNA. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Iran launches attacks across Middle East after US and Israel strikes on leadership sites". BBC News. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  10. ^ Brumberg, Daniel; Farhi, Farideh (2016). "Role of The Office of Supreme Leader". Power and Change in Iran: Politics of Contention and Conciliation. Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Indiana University Press. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-0253020796.
  11. ^ Richter, Paul (14 July 2015). "Key, secret concessions opened the way for Iran nuclear deal". LA Times. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  12. ^ Alirezaijan 2025.
  13. ^ Iran supreme leader office network radiofarda.com
  14. ^ reuters.com: Trump puts sanctions on Iranian supreme leader other top officials 24 June 2019. By Steve Holland and Stephen Kalin.
  15. ^ treasury.gov: resource center/sanctions/OFAC Enforcement[failed verification]

Books

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