ayatollah khomeini

     

During '80s hostage crisis, dart boards bearing his face were a big seller

Trivia about ayatollah khomeini

  • At his funeral, June 6, 1989, frenzied crowds broke open his coffin, causing his body to fall to the ground
  • He's the late religious leader & political figure seen here
  • On Feb. 26, 1979 this leader made a triumphant return to Iran
  • The article on this Iranian, 1979's choice, was subtitled "The Mystic Who Lit The Fires of Hatred"
  • On June 4, 1999 thousands of Iranians gathered to mourn the 10th anniversary of this man's death
  • In 1981 this religious leader dismissed Abolhassan Bani-Sadr as president of Iran
  • Time's Man of the Year in 1980, he was famous for an edict or fatwa to silence an author
  • Currently the only Muslim spiritual leader to head a country
  • Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi left Iran on vacation January 16, 1979, and 2 weeks later, this man returned from exile
  • From being in exile to world leader, all in 1979
  • In 1988 this religious figure warned, "Leave the Persian Gulf before...you drown in quagmires of death"
  • 1979:An imam
  • 1989:This religious leader issues a fatwa against Salman Rushdie, encouraging Muslims to kill him
  • Followers of this man overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979

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