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Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

Birthday: 1902-09-24 | Place of Birth: Khomeyn, Persia

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Child Soldier

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Inside the Iranian Uprising

as    Self (archive footage)

2020
The Queen and the Coup

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Mostashregh

as    Himself

2019
Der Schah und der Ayatollah

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

as    Self - Politician (archive footage)

2017
Stronger Than a Bullet

as    Self - Politician (archive footage)

2013
Before the Revolution

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
37 Days

as    Self (archive footage)

2011
From Tehran to Cairo

as    Self (archive footage)

2005
Guests of the Ayatollah

as    Himself

1980