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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]].   

The '''Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini''' (May 17, 1900 - June 3, 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>