Sky News, the full story first.

Over 2025, every Friday the Sky News Daily has been profiling a figure in the news,

those who are making headlines, creating conversations.

So during the festive period, we are revisiting some of those standout profiles,

the ones that really got his talking.

Back in June, Ayatollah Ali Khomeini, Iran's often reclusive Supreme Leader,

surfaced to hit back at Donald Trump's demands for an unconditional surrender.

Kameni first came to power as president of Iran in 1981 and he was

a surprise choice for Supreme Leader eight years later. But since then, with the help of the

Revolutionary Guard, he's had almost complete control of Iran and its anti-Israel, anti-American

foreign policy agenda. For this one, our correspondent Tom Cheshire took the presenting seat,

as we wanted to find out more about the accidental to absolute leader. Here's our return

to who is Ayatollah Kameney. Before history was written, his name was carved in stone. Now witness the legacy of Ramesses the Great.

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I'm Tom Cheshire and this is the Sky News Daily.

Ali Hamani has led Iran for 35 years.

After conflict with Israel escalated last week, he firmly announced Iran would never surrender.

But in the last week, Hamani has lost several important members of his inner circle,

including three advisors from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC,

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