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Unlike his grandfather, Khomeini is a liberal secularist and an outspoken critic of the theocratic Islamist government in Iran. Khomeini has denounced the Iranian government as the "dictatorship of clerics".
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.
Hussain Khomeini (born 1959) is the son of Mostafa Khomeini, he is a cleric, and is considered a liberal secularist and an outspoken critic of the theocratic government in Iran.
Sep 27, 2021 · The path of Imam Hussain is a sweet, successful path. Sep 27, 2021. Print. The following is the full text of the speech delivered on September 27, 2021 by Imam Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, at the end of a mourning ceremony for Arbaeen. In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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.
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- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the architect of the Iranian Revolution and the first leader (rahbar) of the Islamic republic established in 1979....
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini came to power after the Iranian Revolution (1978–79). He had won a following for his avid criticism of ineffective gove...
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was most well-known for the concept of velāyat-e faqīh (“guardianship of the jurist”) that formed the basis for Iran’s...
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, born into a family of religious leaders known as mullahs, was educated in Islamic religious schools. In 1922 he settle...
Sep 24, 2021 · Following the 1979 anti-monarchy revolution in Iran, regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini considered two pillars to maintain his rule: domestic repression and exporting the “revolution.” Khomeini’s policy of exporting the “the Islamic Revolution” (read extremism and fundamentalism), played a key role in the outbreak of hostilities.
Jan 24, 2019 · However radical Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and other Shiite clerics were, they sought to avoid alienating Sunnis.
