Abolhassan Banisadr
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Abolhassan Banisadr was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident who served as the first president of Iran following the Iranian Revolution, holding office from 1980 until his impeachmen
Banisadr in 2010
Banisadr speaking at a rally, 1980
Banisadr (left) being inaugurated as the first President of Iran in 1980. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is directly behind him, while Mohammad Beheshti is to the right.
Banisadr in Hamburg, 2013
Ruhollah Khomeini
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Ruhollah Mostafavi Khomeini 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, whi
Abolhassan Banisadr
…Association of Students, a religious faction affiliated with the National Front. In 1972, Banisadr's father died. At the funeral in Iraq, Banisadr met Ruhollah Khomeini and subsequently became his advisor. Both later returned to Iran on 1 February 1979, as the Iranian Revolution neared its conclusion. Upon the establishment…
Portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini, 1981
Khomeini's birthplace at Khomeyn
Khomeini as a student with his friends (second from right)
Khomeini in 1938