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Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq …
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Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.
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Ruhollah Khomeini's Filmography
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Iran, Israel and the Bomb
as Self (archive footage)
Child Soldier
as Self (archive footage)
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Iranian Uprising
as Self (archive footage)
The Queen and the Coup
as Self (archive footage)
1979: Big Bang of the Present
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Mostashregh
as Self (archive footage)
Coup 53
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Khomeini
as Self (archive footage)
The last two days
as Self (archive footage)
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Stronger Than a Bullet
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
as Self (archive footage)
Bazm-e Razm
as Self (archive footage)
HyperNormalisation
as Self (archive footage)
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
as Self (archive footage)
All Three of Us
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Before the Revolution
as Self (archive footage)
37 Days
as Self (archive footage)
Reagan
as Self (archive footage)
From Tehran to Cairo
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Guests of the Ayatollah
as Self (archive footage)
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
as Self (archive footage)
Holy Crime
as Self (archive footage)
Desert Storm: The War Begins
as Self (archive footage)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities
as Self (archive footage)
Rockin' Ronnie
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
Iran, Utopia on the Move
as Self
Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini
as Self
