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The name Ruhollah had stuck, though Khomeini was now dismissed by Dad with a wave of the hand and a scowl.
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On January 20, 1981, Iranian Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini waited for Ronald Reagan to be sworn into office before allowing the American hostages to leave Iranian airspace on their flight to freedom, which upset former Vice President Walter Mondale.
Carter on Iranian Hostage Crisis: 'I Prayed More Than Any Time Else in My Life' 2010
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The judiciary convicted Mollasoltani for the July 2011 murder of Ruhollah Dadashi, champion of Iran's "strongest man" competition.
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Child Hanged in Public as Ahmadinejad Prepares for his General Assembly Speech Human Rights Watch 2011
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The judiciary convicted Mollasoltani for the July 2011 murder of Ruhollah Dadashi, champion of Iran's "strongest man" competition.
Human Rights Watch: Iran: Child Hanged in Public as Ahmadinejad Prepares for his General Assembly Speech Human Rights Watch 2011
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While the president and his allies speak of the ideals of the Islamic Republic, a conservative clerical regime, and Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ahmadinejad's close confidants, chief among them Mashaei, are accused of being believers in a version of an Islamic Iran that envisions no place for the clergy.
Geneive Abdo: Clash Over Mashaei Reveals Fissures Within the Iranian Regime Geneive Abdo 2011
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On January 20, 1981, Iranian Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini waited for Ronald Reagan to be sworn into office before allowing the American hostages to leave Iranian airspace on their flight to freedom, which upset former Vice President Walter Mondale.
Carter on Iranian Hostage Crisis: 'I Prayed More Than Any Time Else in My Life' 2010
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That same year, an Islamic revolution ousted the tyrannical shah of Iran and brought the Shiite Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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On January 20, 1981, Iranian Revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini waited for Ronald Reagan to be sworn into office before allowing the American hostages to leave Iranian airspace on their flight to freedom, which upset former Vice President Walter Mondale.
Carter on Iranian Hostage Crisis: 'I Prayed More Than Any Time Else in My Life' 2010
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Behind the platform, just below the ceiling and above more flowers fastened to the wall, hung photographs of Shiite clerics, including an airbrushed portrait of a suave, bearded young Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, looking as dewy-eyed as the tanned blond Messiahs I remembered from midwestern churches.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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While the president and his allies speak of the ideals of the Islamic Republic, a conservative clerical regime, and Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ahmadinejad's close confidants, chief among them Mashaei, are accused of being believers in a version of an Islamic Iran that envisions no place for the clergy.
Geneive Abdo: Clash Over Mashaei Reveals Fissures Within the Iranian Regime Geneive Abdo 2011
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