Ruhollah Khomeini

Born: 1902-09-24

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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HyperNormalisation

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Released: 2016-10-25

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie....

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Reagan

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Released: 2011-02-07

Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern...

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Coup 53

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Released: 2019-09-01

Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the...

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Propaganda

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Released: 2013-02-14

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture...

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Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

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Released: 2002-01-08

At the Winter Olympics of 1980, after two tense weeks amidst growing Cold War fears, the U.S....

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Mike Wallace Is Here

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Released: 2019-07-26

For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the...

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Salman Rushdie: Death on a Trail

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Released: 2019-01-08

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The...

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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

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Released: 1990-07-18

Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks...

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Inside the Iranian Uprising

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Released: 2023-06-29

In September 2022, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody. She had...

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Stronger Than a Bullet

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Released: 2017-11-20

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah...

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The Queen and the Coup

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Released: 2020-06-14

Planned by Britain’s MI6 and then executed by America’s C.I.A., the coup d’état which follows...

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Russia, China, Iran: The Axis of Revenge

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Released: 2024-05-16

Russia, China and Iran: three former empires are determined to take their revenge and reassert...

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Rockin' Ronnie

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Released: 1986-09-21

ROCKIN' RONNIE 80's Political Satire Comedy of Ronald Reagan Bloopers.

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1979: Big Bang of the Present

as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Released: 2019-12-10

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic...

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Before the Revolution

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Released: 2013-01-01

A documentary thriller describing the last days of the Israeli community in Tehran, on the eve...

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Inhumanities II: Modern Atrocities

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Released: 1989-01-01

Compilation of newsreel footage of atrocities, murders, natural disasters, aircraft accidents,...

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Der Schah und der Ayatollah

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Released: 2019-11-20

In 1979, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, revolution broke out in Iran and overthrew...

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Child Soldier

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Released: 2024-09-21

Child soldier is about the unheard story of child soldiers of the Iran-Iraq war, a documentary...

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From Tehran to Cairo

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Released: 2011-01-01

A documentary about the latest days of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last king of Iran.

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Bazm-e Razm

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Released: 2017-07-19

This documentary is about the vicissitudinous story of Iranian music between 1979-1989. The...

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Oriana Fallaci intervista Ayatollah Khomeini

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Released: 1979-09-26

Oriana Fallaci, the Italian journalist who is noted for her provocative interviews, interviews...

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Holy Crime

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Released: 1994-04-01

A documentary on state terrorism of Islamic regime of Iran in Europe.

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37 Days

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Released: 2011-08-07

In the documentary 37 Rooz, we have a look at the life of Shapur Bakhtiar, the last prime...

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Desert Storm: The War Begins

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Released: 1991-06-15

An historic presentation by CNN documenting the lead up to and the beginning of the war in Iraq.

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The last two days

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Released: 2019-02-10

This documentary shows the last two days before the fall of the Shah of Iran and his regime in 1979.

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Khomeini

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Released: 2019-06-03

This is a documentary produced by Manoto TV Network, which uses rare images to tell the story of...

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History 101

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First aired: 2020-05-22

Infographics and archival footage deliver bite-size history lessons on scientific breakthroughs,...

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Corridors of Power: Should America Police the World?

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First aired: 2024-06-26

No easy answers? Decision-makers from Kissinger to Rice revisit how the US responded to...

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Fatal News

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First aired: 2016-02-06

West Germany, 1987. The politician Uwe Barschel (1944-87), member of the Christian Democratic...

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Fiasco

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First aired: 2021-09-19

Amidst the backdrop of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Jimmy Carter's failure to free American...

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