Ayatollah Khomeini
AKA
Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini
Born:
24-Sep
-
1902
Birthplace:
Khomein, Iran
Died:
3-Jun
-
1989
Location of death:
Tehran, Iran
Cause of death:
Cancer - Prostate
Remains:
Buried, Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, Tehran, Iran
Gender:
Male
Religion:
Shia Muslim
Race or Ethnicity:
Middle Eastern
Sexual orientation:
Straight
Occupation:
Religion
Nationality:
Iran
Executive summary:
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
Wife:
(m. 1929, seven children)
Son:
Mostafa (d. 1977)
Son:
Ahmad Khomeini (d. 1995)
Supreme Leader of Iran
(3-Dec-1979 to 3-Jun-1989, his death)
Time Person of the Year
1979
Exiled
to Paris, France (1978-79)
Exiled
to Iraq (1965-78)
Exiled
to Turkey (1964-65)
Granted Asylum
by France (1970s)
Declared Holy War
against Iranian Kurds (18-Aug-1979)
Declared Holy War
against Iraq (19-Oct-1980), renounced (Jul-1988)
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