The Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran ( fa, دفتر رهبر جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Daftar-e Magham-e Moazzam-e Rahbari'' lit. ''Office of the Supreme Leadership Authority''), also known as the House of Leadership ( fa, بیت رهبری, ''Beit-e Rahbari''), is the

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, bureaucratic office and principal workplace of the

Supreme Leader of Iran The Supreme Leader of Iran ( fa, رهبر ایران, rahbar-e irān) is the List of heads of state of Iran, head of state of the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader directs the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, executiv ...

since 1989. Its structure is a mixture of traditional ''Beit'' (religious office of

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) and bureaucracy. The institution is located in central

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and is run by

Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani ( fa, غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی, also known as " Mohammadi Golpayegani",; born ) is an Iranian Shia Islamic cleric who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran (pr ...

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The Office of the Supreme Leader is 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 work under this office. These advisors have an influential role in decisions made throughout country. According to

Ali Motahari Ali Motahhari ( fa, علی مطهری; born 26 January 1958) is an Iranian politician who is known as a conservative and is also named as a sort of conservative reformist, who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district ...

, a former member of parliament from Tehran, the influence of the Office of the Supreme Leader in the country's affairs are so great that "the

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is effectively a branch of the Office of the Supreme Leader".

Sanctions

On June 24, 2019, U.S. President

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signed

Executive Order 13876 On June 20, 2019, Iran's integrated system of Air Defense Forces shot down a United States Global Hawk surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and the U.S. differ on where the incident actually occurr ...

, in which the assets of the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran, along with

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

, are frozen following the incident near the Gulf of Oman in the days prior.treasury.gov
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* {{Official website, http://leader.ir Buildings and structures in Tehran Official residences in Iran 1989 establishments in Iran Iranian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions Ali Khamenei Revolutionary institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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