Ruhollah Khomeini was a highly influential Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He led the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy, and served as Iran's first Supreme Leader until his death in 1989. His leadership profoundly reshaped Iran and had a lasting impact on the Middle East and global Islamic movements.
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