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  1. Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini[b] (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 [a] – 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.

  2. Sep 28, 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.

  3. Jun 3, 2016 · Iran’s Ruhollah Khomeini, a Man Who Shook the World. June 3, 2016. When Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic in Iran, was buried in 1989, three days after his death on June 3,...

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini? Ayatollah Khomeini became the supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, following many years of resistance to Shah Pahlavi.

  5. The Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini (b. 1902–d. 1989) was a senior Shiʿa theologian and the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a controversial figure credited with reviving the modern wave of Islamism in the world and founding the first modern Shiʿa theocracy.

  6. Nov 14, 2017 · Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the architect and the face of the Iranian revolution, is seen by many as the embodiment of the principles of the Islamic Republi...

  7. Ruhollah Khomeini, orig. Ruhollah Musavi, (born May 17, 1900?, Khomeyn, Iran—died June 3, 1989, Tehrān), Shīʿite cleric and leader of Iran (1979–89).

  8. Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah 1902-1989 BIBLIOGRAPHY [1] Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini [2] was the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran [3]. He was born on September 24, 1902, in the western Iranian town of Khomein to a clerical family.

  9. Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi KhomeiniAyatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902-1989) was the founder and supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The only leader in the Muslim world who combined political and religious authority as a head of state, he took office in 1979. Source for information on Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini: Encyclopedia of World Biography dictionary.

  10. Ayatollah Khomeini (1900-1989), Shiite Muslim and Iranian revolutionary leader. © Khomeini was an Iranian religious and political leader, who in 1979 made Iran the world's first Islamic...