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Ruhollah Khomeini
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 the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.
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Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
Child Soldier
Inside the Iranian Uprising
The Queen and the Coup
Khomeini
The last two days
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
1979: Big Bang of the Present
Mike Wallace Is Here
Coup 53
Mostashregh
Bazm-e Razm
Stronger Than a Bullet
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
HyperNormalisation
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
All Three of Us
Before the Revolution
From Tehran to Cairo
37 Days
Reagan
Guests of the Ayatollah
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
Holy Crime
Desert Storm: The War Begins
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities
Rockin' Ronnie
Iran, Utopia on the Move