Iranian ayatollah khomeini. The constitution of iran combines concepts of both democracy and theocracy theocracy in the form of khomeinis concept of vilayat e faqih guardianship of the islamic jurist as expressed in the islamic republicaccording to ayatollah khomeini the guardianship of the islamic jurist was not restricted to orphans or mental incompetents but applied to everyone in absence of the twelfth imam. He was previously president of iran from 1981 to 1989. Sd aal hsn khamnha pronounced aeli hosejni xmenei listen.
Khomeini was born in 1902 in khomeyn in what is now irans markazi province. In fiery dispatches from his faziye seminary in qom. Born 19 april 1939 is a twelver shia marja and the second and current supreme leader of iran in office since 1989.
The crisis also led to american economic sanctions against iran which further weakened ties between the two countries. Ayatollah khomeini was invited back to iran by the government and returned to tehran to a greeting by several million iranians. The young khomeini was raised by his mother and aunt and then after their deaths by his elder brother mortaza later known as ayatollah pasandideh.
Khomeini who had suddenly deposed a us backed monarch a decade before was the leader of a group of clerics who had turned iran into a theocracy. The royal reign collapsed shortly after on 11 february when guerrillas and rebel troops overwhelmed troops loyal to the shah in armed street fighting bringing khomeini to official power. 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 mothers cousin and older brother.
The only leader in the muslim world who combined political and religious authority as a head of state he took office in 1979. Ayatollah khomeini was the founder and supreme leader of the islamic republic of iran. Following his appointment as ayatollah khomeini.
In iran the crisis strengthened the prestige of ayatollah ruhollah khomeini and the political power of theocrats who opposed any normalization of relations with the west. Early life and education ayatollah ruhollah musavi khomeini was born on september 24 1902 according to most sources. Sayyid ali hosseini khamenei persian.
Ayatollah khomeini became the supreme religious leader of the islamic republic of iran in 1979 following many years of resistance to shah pahlavi. When he was about five months old his father was killed on the orders of a local landlord.
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