Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini[d] (17 May 1900 [c] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death …

Mar 14, 2026 · Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the architect of the Iranian Revolution and the first leader (rahbar) of the Islamic republic established in 1979. He articulated the concept of velāyat-e …

Oct 7, 2024 · Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader. He became the first Supreme Leader of Iran, serving from 1979 until his death in 1989.

Sep 1, 2025 · At its centre was a figure of profound paradox: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. An elderly cleric schooled in traditional Islamic philosophy, he masterfully leveraged modern media and populist …

Ayatollah Khomeini, on June 3, 1989, after eleven days in hospital for an operation to stop internal bleeding, lapsed into a critical condition and died. Ayatollah Khomeini in his 10 years of leadership …

Ayatollah 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 …

KHOMEINI, RUHOLLAH MUSAVI (Ruḥ-Allāh Musawi Ḵomeyni; b. Ḵomeyn, 1902; d. Tehran, 1989) jurist and gnostic, leader of the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79 and founder of the Islamic Republic of …

Feb 28, 2026 · Khomeini remains revered by loyalists as the father of the Islamic Republic and vilified by critics for sanctioning political repression and mandatory veiling. His writings on …

Apr 2, 2014 · Ayatollah Khomeini became the supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, following many years of resistance to Shah Pahlavi. Following his appointment as Ayatollah,...

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...