In this, Khamenei was following the lead of the late Shah, who kept Amir Abbas Hoveyda, a loyal retainer, as prime minister from 1965 until the Shah was overthrown in 1979.
En esto, Jamenei siguió los pasos del Shah, que mantuvo a Amir Abbas Hoveyda, un conservador leal, como primer ministro desde 1965 hasta su derrocamiento en 1979.