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Ruhollah Khomeini
Acting
24 Sept 1902
† 03 Jun 1989
Khomeyn, Persia
Biography
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in th...
Also Known As
Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini, سید روحالله موسوی خمینی, Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini Hindizadeh, Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini

























