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Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini was an Iranian Shia cleric who led the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and became Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran until his death. Exiled in 1964 for opposing the Shah, he preached from Iraq and France the doctrine of rule by the Islamic jurist. He returned in February 1979, led Iran through the hostage crisis and the war with Iraq, and in 1989 issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie.
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