The most powerful man in Iran avoids the gilded trappings of office. While many of the officials who serve under him build Caspian Sea villas and travel in caravans of shiny new suvs, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, the country's supreme religious leader, conducts himself with the modesty of a small-town mullah. He receives visitors in spare, undecorated offices in downtown Tehran and often runs meetings seated on the floor and wearing a plain black robe. Billboards with his portrait are ubiquitous in the capital, depicting Khamenei more as a rumpled civil servant than a revolutionary, with thick glasses and rough, checkered scarf. "When you talk to him, you feel you're dealing with a worldly man," says a senior Iranian official. "And everything is in his hands, now more than ever."
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机译：伊朗最有权势的人避免了镀金的办公室陷阱。在他之下任职的许多官员建造里海别墅，并乘着闪亮的新越野车旅行时，该国最高宗教领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatullah Ali Khamenei）谦虚地表现出一个小镇毛拉。他在德黑兰市区的闲置，未经装饰的办公室接待来访者，并经常坐在地板上并穿着朴素的黑袍子开会。在首都，到处可见带有他的肖像的广告牌，比起革命者，哈梅内伊更像一个皱巴巴的公务员，戴着厚实的眼镜和粗糙的格子围巾。伊朗高级官员说：“当你和他说话时，你会觉得自己正在和一个世俗的人打交道。” “而且一切都在他手中，现在比以往任何时候都多。”
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