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'''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.

He is also responsible for the four decades of tension between Iran and the United States; following his rise to power, all relations between Iran and the U.S. were severed and the two countries have been hostile ever since (though the precise reasons as to why remain a matter of debate.) Khomeini infamously referred to America as "the Great [[Satan]]", which his supporters continue to refer to America as to the present day.

==Biography==

An austere cleric who was based for much of his life in Iran's holy city of Qom, Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was born in 1902 in Khomeyn, Persia (Qajar era) in what is now Iran's Markazi Province. His father was [[murder]]ed in 1903 when Khomeini was five months old. He began studying the Quran and the Persian language from a young age and was assisted in his religious studies by his relatives, including his mother's cousin and older brother.

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 '''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.
 He is also responsible for the four decades of tension between Iran and the United States; following his rise to power, all relations between Iran and the U.S. were severed and the two countries have been hostile ever since (though the precise reasons as to why remain a matter of debate.) Khomeini infamously referred to America as "the Great [[Satan]]", which his supporters continue to refer to America as to the present day.
 ==Biography==
 An austere cleric who was based for much of his life in Iran's holy city of Qom, Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was born in 1902 in Khomeyn, Persia (Qajar era) in what is now Iran's Markazi Province. His father was [[murder]]ed in 1903 when Khomeini was five months old. He began studying the Quran and the Persian language from a young age and was assisted in his religious studies by his relatives, including his mother's cousin and older brother.