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| − | [[Image:Iran.jpg|thumb|198px|right|Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini<br>Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran]] | + | {{Dictator bio |
| − | The '''Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini''' (1902 - 1989) was a [[Shiite]] Muslim who took control of Iran after a revolution overthrew in 1979 one of the twin pillars of Western cooperative security arrangements in the Persian Gulf, the Shah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. | + | | image =[[Image:Iran.jpg|200px]] |
| | + | | name =Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini |
| | + | | birth =May 17, 1900<br>Khomeyn, Persia (now [[Iran]]) |
| | + | | parents =Mustapha Musavi<br>Hajieh Agha Khanum |
| | + | | religion =[[Islam]] |
| | + | | education =Qom Seminary |
| | + | | spouse =Khadijeh Saqafi |
| | + | | children =Mostafa • Zahra<br>Sadiqeh • Farideh<br>Ahmad |
| | + | | death =June 3, 1989 (age 89)<br>[[Tehran]], Iran |
| | + | | deathmanner =Series of heart attacks |
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| | + | | country =Islamic Republic of Iran |
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| | + | | rank =Supreme leader |
| | + | | polbeliefs =[[Islamofascism]] |
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| | + | | dictatordate =December 3, 1979 |
| | + | | war =[[Iranian Revolution]]<br>[[Iran-Iraq War]] |
| | + | | deathnumber =Between 400,000+ - 1,000,000+ |
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| | + | The '''Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini''' (1902 - 1989) was a [[Shiite]] Muslim who took control of Iran as its ''de facto'' dictator after a revolution overthrew in 1979 one of the twin pillars of Western cooperative security arrangements in the Persian Gulf, the Shah [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]]. |
| | [[President Reagan]] criticized Khomeini as "a maniacal fanatic who has slaughtered thousands and thousands of people calling it executions."<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/84debates/2prez4.html The Second 1984 Presidential Debate]</ref> | | [[President Reagan]] criticized Khomeini as "a maniacal fanatic who has slaughtered thousands and thousands of people calling it executions."<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/84debates/2prez4.html The Second 1984 Presidential Debate]</ref> |
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