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Ruholla Khomeini

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Noun

1. ayatollah khomeini, ayatollah ruholla khomeini, khomeini, ruholla khomeini

Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ruholla Khomeini

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Iranian Shiite leader and head of state (1979-1989). Arrested (1963) and exiled (1964) for his opposition to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's regime, he returned to Iran after the shah's downfall (1979). His reign was marked by a return to strict observance of the Islamic code.

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