Ali Khamenei, former Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Khordad 1384: They thought that an Islamic government meant a hereditary caliphate, like the Umayyads. A single despot, in the name of the caliph, but with the inner nature of Pharaoh. Then, when he dies, he appoints someone to take his place. In people’s minds, an Islamic government was depicted in this way—which was the greatest insult to Islam and to an Islamic government.

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