· On this day, 1964

Ruhollah Khomeini, an influential Shia cleric, was arrested by the Iranian secret police and exiled to Turkey.

1964 62 years ago

Ruhollah Mostafavi Khomeini was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic.
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