Toggle navigation World Biography Jo-Ki Ayatollah Khomeini Biography Ayatollah Khomeini Biography Born: September 24, 1902 Khomein, Persia Died: June 3, 1989 Tehran, Iran Iranian head of state and religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini was the founder and supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The only leader in

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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini (, , September known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini, was an Iran ian Shia Muslim religious leader, revolutionary, politician, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy and Moha