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
Portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini, 1981
Khomeini's birthplace at Khomeyn
Khomeini as a student with his friends (second from right)
Khomeini in 1938
Ali Khamenei
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Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in 2026. A member of the Khamenei family who held the
Ruhollah Khomeini
…in Tehran under the slogan "America can't do a damn thing," and establishing an anti-American legacy that lasted for decades. Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied the report, and described the documents as "fabricated". Other Iranian politicians, including Ebrahim Yazdi, who was Khomeini's spokesman and…
Khamenei in 2017
Khamenei as a teenager
Khamenei in 1962
Khamenei in a protest in 1970 in Mashhad