Ruhollah Khomeini — English Wikipedia

English Wikipedia article on Ruhollah Khomeini; used for entity facts only. It presents him as an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who led the Iranian Revolution, founded the Islamic Republic and was its supreme leader from 1979 until his death in 1989; its text states that he became a high-ranking cleric in Twelver Shi'ism and a marja'. It gives his birth, per his birth certificate, as 17 May 1900 at Khomeyn, noting his brother's alternative date of 24 September 1902, and his death on 3 June 1989 in Tehran.