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The Iranian leaders describe the American government exactly the way American analysts describe the Iranian one, as an opaque, factionalized system with competing power centers, over which the president exercises very limited authority.

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Ali Khamenei
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: April 19
Commander-In-Chief Of The Iranian Armed Forces
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Holy Mashhad
Alī Ḥoseynī Khāmeneī
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