Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (UK: khom-AY-nee, US: khohm-; Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی [ruːholˈlɑːhe xomejˈniː] (listen); 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), also known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iranian politician and cleric. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian...
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