Khomeini
Khomeini refers to Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989), the Shia cleric who led Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution and became the country's Supreme Leader.
His name often stands for the theocratic government he established or for militant Islamic fundamentalism more broadly: the Khomeini regime, post-Khomeini Iran.
The honorific "Ayatollah" typically precedes his name.
1980s Middle Eastern conflict
- hostage crisisProlonged captive situation
- Iran-Contra affairCovert arms-hostages-rebels scheme
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
- CarterOne who carts
Saddam Hussein · fatwa · Salman Rushdie · Satanic Verses · sanctions · Persian Gulf · OPEC · Beirut
State ruled by imam
France's chief city
- IraqMiddle Eastern republic
- FranceWestern European republic
- banishmentForced removal from place
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
expatriation · cassette tapes · diaspora · expulsion · persecution · return · displacement · dissident
1979 Persian regime change
- 1979A calendar year
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- ShahPersian word for king
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
regime change · popular uprising · mass protest · anti-imperialism · revolutionary tribunal · nationalism · transformation · liberation
Highest political-religious authority
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- divine authorityPower derived from deity
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- autocracyRule by one
Iran-Iraq War
1980s Middle Eastern conflict
- hostage crisisProlonged captive situation
- Iran-Contra affairCovert arms-hostages-rebels scheme
- ReaganAmerican presidential surname
Carter · Saddam Hussein · fatwa · Salman Rushdie · Satanic Verses · sanctions · Persian Gulf · OPEC · Beirut · Hezbollah
Imamate
State ruled by imam
ayatollah · cleric · religious authority · fatwa · spiritual guide
Paris
France's chief city
- IraqMiddle Eastern republic
- FranceWestern European republic
- banishmentForced removal from place
deportation · expatriation · cassette tapes · diaspora · expulsion · persecution · return · displacement · dissident
Islamic Revolution
1979 Persian regime change
uprising · regime change · popular uprising · mass protest · anti-imperialism · revolutionary tribunal · nationalism · transformation · liberation · struggle
Supreme Leader
Highest political-religious authority
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
- divine authorityPower derived from deity
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- Shia ScholarsKhamenei, Ayatollah, Hakim
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- IranIran, Tehran, Isfahan, Persia, Shiraz
- Middle Eastern FiguresSaladin, Nasser, Yasser Arafat, Arafat, Anwar Sadat
- Mideast LeadersArafat, Assad, Mubarak, Nasser, Saddam
- Islamic TheocracySupreme Leader, Khamenei, divine authority, religious authority, ayatollah
KhomeiniAtatürk
Turkey's founding leader
secularist · Anwar Sadat · Saddam Hussein · Thomas Jefferson · secularists
KhomeiniAtatürk
Turkey's founding leader
secularist · separation of church and state · religious reformer · quietist · Dalai Lama