Ruhollah Khomeini

Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
موسوی خمینی‬
1st Supreme Leader o Iran
In office 3 December 1979 – 3 Juin 1989
Preses	Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei
Prime Meenister	Mehdi Bazargan Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Depute	Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Succeedit bi	Ali Khamenei
Personal details
Born	Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini 22 September 1902(1902-09-22) Khomein, Persie
Dee'd	3 Juin 1989(1989-06-03) (aged 86) Tehran, Iran
Spoose(s)	Khadijeh Saqafi (m.1926 – will.1989)
Bairns	Mostafa Zahra Sadiqeh Farideh Ahmad
Religion	Usuli Twaler Shia Islam

Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (روح‌اللّه مصطفوی موسوی خمینی‬, Persie pronunciation: [ruːholˈlɑːhe muːsæˈviːje xomeiˈniː], 22 September 1902 – 3 Juin 1989) wis an Iranian releegious leader an politeecian, an leader o the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the owerthrow o Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah o Iran. Follaein the revolution, Khomeini became the kintra's Supreme Leader, a position creatit in the constitution as the heichest rankin poleetical an releegious authority o the naition, which he held till his daith.

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