Ruhollah Khomeini
Known for: Acting
Born: September 24, 1902
Died: June 3, 1989
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
33 movies · 6 TV shows, newest first
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Iran, Israel and the Bomb
2026
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Child Soldier
2024
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Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?
2024
6.7
Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge
2024
NR
Inside the Iranian Uprising
2023
8.0
1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution
2022
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Fiasco
2021
7.3
The Queen and the Coup
2020
7.1
History 101
2020
6.0
1979: Big Bang of the Present
2019
8.0
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
20197.0
Mostashregh
2019
8.0
Coup 53
2019
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
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Khomeini
2019
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The last two days
2019
6.6
Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail
2019
8.0
Stronger Than a Bullet
2017
6.3
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
2017
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Bazm-e Razm
2017
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Код доступа
2017
7.4
HyperNormalisation
2016
6.7
Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party
2016
3.8
Fatal News
2016
7.5
All Three of Us
2015
7.7
Before the Revolution
2013
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37 Days
2011
6.1
Reagan
2011
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From Tehran to Cairo
20118.0
Guests of the Ayatollah
2005
9.0
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team
2002
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Holy Crime
1994
9.0
Desert Storm: The War Begins
1991
7.3
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
6.3
Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities
1989
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Rockin' Ronnie
1986
8.0
Iran, Utopia on the Move
1980
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Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini
1979
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Kill the Mahdi Araghi
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