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Iran: Supreme leader’s legacy debated 30 years after his death – Al Jazeera English –
Iran: Supreme leader’s legacy debated 30 years after his death Al Jazeera English
On the night of July 3,1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the spiritual and political leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, died after a long illness. In the next three days, the country came to a halt as millions of people took to the streets to mourn the death of an iconic figure who brought an end to the 2,500-year-old Persian Empire, and had symbolised an unyielding defiance of the West. In the capital,Tehran, the atmosphere was described as delirious as a sea of people dressed in black beat their heads and chests in a display of collective grief. At one point during his funeral, Kh…
– June 4, 2019 at 04:38AM
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