Supreme leader of Iran

The Supreme Leader -- Ayatollah Khamanei, Kahomeini's successor -- controls many levels of POWER, army, military, the police and the electronic media. He is responsible for the delineation and supervision of "the general plicies of the Islamic Republic of Iran".He was elected by a council of clerics. He was created in the constitution of the Islaamic Republic of Iran. The "Supreme" Leader is a sign of respect, however this vocabulary does not exist in the constitution. In Western media, the sitting Supreme Leader is sometimes known by the religious title The Ayatollah of Iran.

The Supreme Leader is elected by the Assembly of Experts, which are also in charge of being with The Supreme Leader, and has the power to dismiss and replace him at any time. As the name shown, the Supreme Lader is considered as the ultimate head of the Iranian plitical and government, above the Iran's president.

The President of Iran, who is elected by the public voters, is the Executive Presiden (Head of the government). The Prime Minister's office was mixed with the figurehead President's office to make the current post of president of Iran. But only certain executive powers like the commandment of the armed forces and declaration of war and peacem remains in the hands of the Supreme Leader.