Ruhollah Khomeini
was born in 1900-05-17 00:00:00
This makes them a member of the Lost Generation.
Ruhollah Khomeini
was born on 1900-05-17 00:00:00
This makes them a member of Lost Generation
Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini, Imam Khomeini (UK: khom-AY-nee, US: khohm-;Persian: روحالله خمینی, romanized: Rūḥallāh Khumaynī [ɾuːholˈlɒːhe xomejˈniː] ; 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...