Ruhollah Khomeini
Acting · Born Sep 24, 1902 · Died Jun 3, 1989 (86) · Khomeyn, Persia
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (17 May 1900 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian political and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the end of the Persian monarchy. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's first supreme leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death. Most of his period in power was taken up by the Iran–Iraq War of 1980–1988. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on 4 June 1989.
Known for
Films
Iran, Israel and the Bomb
2026
Child Soldier
2024
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
20246.7
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023
The Queen and the Coup
20207.3
1979: Big Bang of the Present
20196.0
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
20198.0
Coup 53
20197.7
Mike Wallace Is Here
20196.5
Khomeini
2019
The last two days
2019
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
20196.6
Stronger Than a Bullet
20178.0
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
20176.3
Bazm-e Razm
2017
HyperNormalisation
20167.5
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
20166.7
All Three of Us
20157.5
Before the Revolution
20137.7
37 Days
2011
Reagan
20116.1
From Tehran to Cairo
2011
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
20029.0
Holy Crime
1994
Desert Storm: The War Begins
19919.0
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
19907.0
Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities
19896.3
Rockin' Ronnie
1986
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
19816.9
Iran, Utopia on the Move
19808.0
Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini
1979
Kill the Mahdi Araghi
Movie