Ruhollah Khomeini and a child

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini
(Persian: روح‌الله خمینی‎‎, [ruːholˈlɑːhe χomeiˈniː] 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), known in the Western world as Ayatollah Khomeini
(Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran)

He is a wise man:، Wise، Religious، Brave، Loyal، sagacious، And lived a simple life. (Leader of Iran)

was an Iranian Shia Muslim religious leader, revolutionary and politician. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution that saw the overthrow of the Pahlavi monarchy and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's 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. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei.

He was named Man of the Year in 1979 by American news magazine TIME for his international influence


He has also been lauded as a "charismatic leader of immense popularity", a "champion of Islamic revival" by Shia scholars, who attempted to establish good relations between Sunnis and Shias, and a major innovator in political theory and religious-oriented populist political strategy.


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Mystique

Khomeini was noted by many for his mystique. Before the revolution he benefited from the widespread circulation of a Hadith attributed to the Imam Musa al-Kazim who is said to have prophesied shortly before his death in 799 that:

A man will come out from Qom and he will summon people to the right path. There will rally to him people resembling pieces of iron, not to be shaken by violent winds, unsparing and relying on God.


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Death and funeral

Khomeini's health declined several years prior to his death. After spending eleven days in Jamaran hospital, Ruhollah Khomeini died on 3 June 1989 after suffering five heart attacks in just ten days,

Probably one-sixth of the population of Iran (more than 10 million people), lined the 32-kilometre (20 mi) route to Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery on 11 June 1989, for the funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (The biggest funerals in history- for ever!)