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{{Quote|Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.|Ruhollah Knomeini}} | {{Quote|Anyone who will say that religion is separate from politics is a fool; he does not know Islam or politics.|Ruhollah Knomeini}} | ||
'''Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini''' (Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی [ruːhoɫˈɫɑːhe χomeiˈniː]; 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as '''Ayatollah Khomeini''', was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. He was a religious extremist authority that enforced fundamentalist Islamic laws and was the | '''Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini''' (Persian: سید روحالله موسوی خمینی [ruːhoɫˈɫɑːhe χomeiˈniː]; 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as '''Ayatollah Khomeini''', was the Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. He was a religious extremist authority that enforced fundamentalist Islamic laws and was the ''de facto'' leader of the 1979 [[Iranian Revolution]] that overthrew the last shah (king) of Iran, [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]], and the end of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. | ||
His crimes including ordering the mass execution of dozens of officials from Mohammad Reza Shah's government, cracking down on secular and moderate parties in Iran (sometimes brutally), supporting the hostage taking of America diplomats for 18 months, pro-longing an eight year brutal war against neighboring Iraq, etc. | His crimes including ordering the mass execution of dozens of officials from Mohammad Reza Shah's government, cracking down on secular and moderate parties in Iran (sometimes brutally), supporting the hostage taking of America diplomats for 18 months, pro-longing an eight year brutal war against neighboring Iraq, etc. |