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Ruhollah Khomeini
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  • Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979
    Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979
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  • Members of the Basiji militia group shout anti-Israel and anti-US slogans beside a picture of Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a sit-in protest in Tehran
    Members of the Basiji militia group shout anti-Israel and anti-US ...
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  • An Iranian cleric stands under a huge picture of Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and Al-Aqsa mosque during a sit-in protest at the International Mehrabad airport in Tehran
    An Iranian cleric stands under a huge picture of Iran's Late Leader ...
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  • The shadow of an Iranian woman is seen on a poster bearing portraits of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
    The shadow of an Iranian woman is seen on a poster bearing portraits ...
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  • Salman Rushdie
    Salman Rushdie
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  • Salman Rushdie
    Salman Rushdie
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  • US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi films footage of a ceremony in Tehran
    US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi films footage of a ceremony in ...
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  • An Iranian anti-narcotics policeman stands guard next to a portrait ofAyatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
    An Iranian anti-narcotics policeman stands guard next to a portrait ...
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  • Iranian protesters hold up a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) and his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
    Iranian protesters hold up a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L) ...
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  • An Iranian student holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's Late Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini during a rally outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran
    An Iranian student holds a picture of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
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Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979
Ruhollah Khomeini's Biography

Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (Persian:روح الله موسوی خمینی, pronounced [ruːhollɑːhe muːsæviːje xomejniː] ( listen))[add stress] (24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Following the revolution and a national referendum, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader—a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation—until his death.

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  • Blog Source: compgovpol.blogspot.com | about 23 hours ago
    As the heir of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic republic, Khamenei wields ultimate religious and political authority in Iran and is highly revered. In the government's view, such protests confirm suspicions ...
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Posted By Changez Changez | 5 months ago
He looks like an evil, smug, old bugger.

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