Gholam Ali Oveissi
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Gholam-Ali Oveissi was an Iranian general and the Chief Commander of the Imperial Iranian Ground Forces under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He is regarded as one of the most powerful and adept military gener
General Oveissi, c. 1970s
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
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Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei was a major Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja and dean of the Hawza of Najaf. Khoei was widely considered the most influential Twelver Shia Muslim scholar of his time.
Gholam Ali Oveissi
…inside Iran. Since Oveissi had strong ties and the support of powerful members of the clergy including Grand Ayatollahs Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei his elimination was priority number one for the newly established revolutionary government. Media related to Gholam Ali Oveissi at Wikimedia Commons…
Khoei in the 1970s
An Imam Khoei foundation building in New York.
Khoei (right) with Ali Sistani (left)
Ayatollah Khoei is brought in front of Saddam Hussein after Shia uprisings in 1991.