Ruhollah Khomeini

Biography

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.

Known For

History 101

Код доступа

Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

Fatal News

HyperNormalisation

Fiasco

Coup 53

Mike Wallace Is Here

All Movies (30)

• Child Soldier2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Inside the Iranian Uprising2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Queen and the Coup2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• 1979: Big Bang of the Present2019 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
• Der Schah und der Ayatollah2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mostashregh2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Coup 532019 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Khomeini2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• The last two days2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail2019 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
• Stronger Than a Bullet2017 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
• Bazm-e Razm2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• HyperNormalisation2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• All Three of Us2015 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Before the Revolution2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• 37 Days2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Reagan2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• From Tehran to Cairo2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Guests of the Ayatollah2005 · as Self (archive footage)
• Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Holy Crime1994 · as Self (archive footage)
• Desert Storm: The War Begins1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol1990 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities1989 · as Self (archive footage)
• Rockin' Ronnie1986 · as Self (archive footage)
• Iran, Utopia on the Move1980 · as Self
• Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini1979 · as Self
• Kill the Mahdi Araghi—

All TV Shows (6)

• Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• 1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fiasco2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• History 1012020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Код доступа2017 · as Self
• Fatal News2016 · as Self (archive footage)