Ruhollah Khomeini

September 24, 1902 – June 3, 1989

Ruhollah Mostafavi Khomeini (1900–1989) was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic. As a high-ranking cleric in Twelver Shi'ism, he implemented policies that came to be known as Khomeinism.

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