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Ayatollah (UK: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t ɒ l ə /, also US: / ˌ aɪ ə ˈ t oʊ l ə /; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized: âyatollâh [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh]) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy. it came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
OPEC had Iran and Iraq sit down and work aside their differences, which resulted in relatively good relations between the two nations throughout the 1970s. In 1978 the Shah made a request to then-Vice President Saddam Hussein to banish the expatriate Ayatollah Khomenei from Iraq, who had been living there in exile for the past 15 years. In ...
The Grand Ayatollah; Imam; Sayyid; Mujtahid or Faqīh; Marja' 17 May 1900 or () 24 September 1902 [note 5] – 3 June 1989 (aged 86 or 89) Khomeyn, Markazi Province: Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, [52] and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. [53] 2 4 June 1989 – present (35 years) Ali Khamenei سیدعلی خامنهای
the actual average age of marriage for women rose to 22 by 1996. Thus the age difference between husbands and wives in Iran actually fell between 1980 and 2000, from 7 to 2.1 years. [50] (The man's average age at marriage has remained around 24.4 over the past 20 years, which means greater educational equality between spouses.)
Shah and his wife, Shahbanu Farah, leaving Iran on 16 January 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini giving a speech after arranging a press-conference at Neauphle-le-Château, France, the day after the departure of the Shah Front cover of Ettela'at, 16 January 1979, featuring (on the top) the now-famous headline "The Shah Is Gone".
Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei, the leading Shia ayatollah at the time the book was published rejected Khomeini's argument on the grounds that the authority of jurist in the age of occultation of the Infallible Imam, is limited to the guardianship of orphans and social welfare and most jurists believed there was an "absence of [scriptural ...
[2] [9] [10] [11] Later in his book, Hun claimed that this was done on the Shah's order. [12] January 9: Demonstration of 4,000 students and religious leaders in the city of Qom against the article. The armed police was provoked by the angry demonstrators which resulted in death of between 10 and 72 demonstrators.
At the same time Khomeini knew a broad revolutionary base was necessary and did not hesitate to encourage these forces to unite with his supporters to overthrow the Shah. [35] Consequently, the ideology of the revolution was known for its "imprecision" [ 36 ] or "vague character" [ 37 ] prior to its victory, with the specific character of ...