''Vilayat-e Faqih'' ( fa, ولایت فقیه, also ''velāyat-e faqīh''), is
Persian for guardianship of
Faqīh (an Islamic jurist)
*For the doctrine, see the
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
*For the ''Vilayat-e Faqih'' (''Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist'') in the
Islamic Republic of Iran, see the
Supreme Leader of Iran
*For the current ''Vali-e-Faqih'' (''Guardian Jurist'') of
Iran, see Ayatollah
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 ...
*For the book by Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini ( , ; ; 17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of ...
establishing the doctrine of faqih as ruler, see
Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist
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