Supreme Leader of Iran
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The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest-ranking political and religious authority in the country, wielding ultimate control over all branches of government, the military, and key state institutions.
All labels observed (11)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5167906 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Leader of Iran Context triple: [Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, subordinateTo, Supreme Leader of Iran]
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A.
President of Iran
The President of Iran is the country’s highest elected official who oversees the executive branch and implements domestic and economic policies under the authority of the Supreme Leader.
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B.
Chief Justice of Iran
The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the country's judiciary, overseeing the court system and appointed by the Supreme Leader.
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C.
Prime Minister of Iran
The Prime Minister of Iran was the former head of government of Iran, a powerful executive position that existed under the monarchy and early Islamic Republic before being abolished in 1989 and whose holders included figures such as Mohammad Mossadegh and Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
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D.
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
The Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran is the powerful administrative and political apparatus that supports and implements the directives of Iran’s Supreme Leader, overseeing key state institutions and major policy decisions.
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E.
Vice President of Iran
The Vice President of Iran is a senior executive official who assists the President in governing and may oversee specific portfolios or organizations within the Iranian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Supreme Leader of Iran Target entity description: The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest-ranking political and religious authority in the country, wielding ultimate control over all branches of government, the military, and key state institutions.
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A.
President of Iran
The President of Iran is the country’s highest elected official who oversees the executive branch and implements domestic and economic policies under the authority of the Supreme Leader.
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B.
Chief Justice of Iran
The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the country's judiciary, overseeing the court system and appointed by the Supreme Leader.
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C.
Prime Minister of Iran
The Prime Minister of Iran was the former head of government of Iran, a powerful executive position that existed under the monarchy and early Islamic Republic before being abolished in 1989 and whose holders included figures such as Mohammad Mossadegh and Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
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D.
Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran
The Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran is the powerful administrative and political apparatus that supports and implements the directives of Iran’s Supreme Leader, overseeing key state institutions and major policy decisions.
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E.
Vice President of Iran
The Vice President of Iran is a senior executive official who assists the President in governing and may oversee specific portfolios or organizations within the Iranian government.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state role
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political office ⓘ religious leadership position ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Leader of the Islamic Revolution
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linked to:
Supreme Leader of Iran
Rahbar ⓘ Supreme Leadership ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Assembly of Experts ⓘ |
| appoints |
Chief Justice of Iran
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chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ commanders of the regular armed forces ⓘ head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting ⓘ head of the judiciary ⓘ members of the Expediency Discernment Council ⓘ members of the Guardian Council (clerical members) ⓘ representatives to the Supreme National Security Council ⓘ |
| canDeclare |
general mobilization
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peace ⓘ war ⓘ |
| canDismiss |
President of Iran (under certain conditions)
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linked to:
President of Iran
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| chairs |
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution (de facto authority)
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linked to:
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution
Supreme National Security Council (de facto authority) ⓘ
linked to:
Supreme National Security Council
|
| constitutionalBasis |
Article 107 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Article 110 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ Article 5 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| currentHolder | Ali Khamenei ⓘ |
| denomination | Twelver Shia ⓘ |
| establishedAfter | Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| firstHolder | Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Islamic Republic of Iran Army ⓘ Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ⓘ Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ executive branch of Iran ⓘ head of state media appointments ⓘ judicial branch of Iran ⓘ judiciary appointments ⓘ legislative branch of Iran ⓘ military command appointments ⓘ state broadcasting (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) ⓘ
linked to:
state broadcasting organization of Iran
|
| hasPower |
final say on foreign policy
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final say on major domestic policy ⓘ final say on nuclear policy ⓘ veto over major state decisions ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Guardian Jurist ⓘ |
| ideology |
Islamism
ⓘ
Velayat-e faqih ⓘ
linked to:
Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist
|
| jurisdiction |
Islamic Republic of Iran
ⓘ
linked to:
Iran
|
| location | Tehran ⓘ |
| officeHolderSince | Ali Khamenei, 1989 ⓘ |
| oversees | general policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| precededBy | Shah of Iran (as ultimate authority) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Islamic Republic
ⓘ
clerical rule in Iran ⓘ theocracy ⓘ |
| religion | Shia Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Beit-e Rahbari, Tehran
ⓘ
Hoseinieh-ye Imam Khomeini, Tehran ⓘ |
| symbolizes | unity of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ |
| termLength | life tenure ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Supreme Leader of Iran Description of subject: The Supreme Leader of Iran is the highest-ranking political and religious authority in the country, wielding ultimate control over all branches of government, the military, and key state institutions.
Referenced by (89)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
Supreme National Security Council
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includesMember
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Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
Supreme National Security Council
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includesMember
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Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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subordinateTo
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Supreme Leader of Iran
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General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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commanderInChief
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Supreme Leader of Iran
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Article 91 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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relatedInstitution
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Supreme Leader of Iran
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linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
subject linked to:
state broadcasting organization of Iran
linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran
linked to: Supreme Leader of Iran