Ruhollah Khomeini
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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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2024Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
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2024Child Soldier
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2023Inside the Iranian Uprising
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2020The Queen and the Coup
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2019Khomeini
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2019The last two days
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2019Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
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2019Der Schah und der Ayatollah
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20191979: Big Bang of the Present
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2019Mike Wallace Is Here
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2019Coup 53
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2017Bazm-e Razm
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2017Stronger Than a Bullet
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2016HyperNormalisation
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2015All Three of Us
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2013Before the Revolution
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2011From Tehran to Cairo
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201137 Days
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2011Reagan
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2002Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
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1994Holy Crime
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1991Desert Storm: The War Begins
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1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
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1989Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities
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