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v. t. e. Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini [b] (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 [a] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.
Jun 15, 2024 · Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shi’i cleric who led the revolution that overthrew the shah in 1979. His active opposition to the shah, his theories of Islamic governance, and his networking while in exile helped foster the Islamic republic in 1979 and earn him the position of Iran’s leader until his death in 1989.
Jun 3, 2016 · When Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic in Iran, was buried in 1989, three days after his death on June 3, all international phone lines in the country were cut and...
Ruhollah Khomeini's life in exile was the period that Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini spent from 1964 to 1979 in Turkey, Iraq and France, after Mohamed Reza Shah Pahlavi had arrested him twice for dissent from his “White Revolution” announced in 1963.
Ruhollah Khomeini, orig. Ruhollah Musavi, (born May 17, 1900?, Khomeyn, Iran—died June 3, 1989, Tehrān), Shīʿite cleric and leader of Iran (1979–89).
Nov 14, 2017 · Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect and the face of the Iranian revolution, is seen by many as the embodiment of the principles of the Islamic Republi...
Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Persian: روحالله خمینی, romanized: Ruhollâh Xomeyni, pronounced [ɾuːholˈlɒːhe xomejˈniː] born Sayyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini, 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) also known as Imam Khomeini was a Iranian politician, revolutionary and religious leader who was the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran.
Ayatollah Khomeini (1900-1989), Shiite Muslim and Iranian revolutionary leader. © Khomeini was an Iranian religious and political leader, who in 1979 made Iran the world's first Islamic...
Jun 8, 2018 · Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the leader of the Islamic revolution in Iran. He came to power in 1979 in a violent storm of religious fervor. Muslims in Iran and throughout the Middle East were attracted to his rejection of Western-influenced modernization and his emphasis on Islamic tradition.
