Word: khomeini
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Frank Sinatra b) Ayatullah Khomeini c) Margaret Thatcher d) Billy Graham...
...Winston Churchill b) Ayatullah Khomeini c) Juan Peron d) Kemal Ataturk...
Queen Elizabeth II ( ) Martin Luther King Jr. ( ) Mohandas Gandhi ( ) Corazon Aquino ( ) Andrew Grove ( ) Joseph Stalin ( ) Charles de Gaulle ( ) Owen D. Young ( ) Ayatullah Khomeini ( ) Harry S Truman ( ) Winston Churchill ( ) Haile Selassie ( ) Wallis Simpson ( ) Richard Nixon ( ) Mikhail Gorbachev ( ) Pope John Paul...
...student militants did well by their exploits, later winning election or appointments to high posts. But their luck ran out after Khomeini died in 1989. In 1991, Asgharzadeh found himself not only removed from his seat in Parliament but also heading for prison for criticizing the despotic tendencies of the ruling clergy. The student militants were again excluded from politics. "The embassy takeover was in defense of Iran's independence," explains Mirdammadi, 44. "But after Iman Khomeini died, the danger was to democracy. Iran moved away from the freedom of choice and expression that had been promised to the people...
...looked out. People were jumping over the walls. They had placards with Khomeini's picture. Some had clubs. Some had automatic weapons. They blindfolded me, tied my hands and marched me to the cook's quarters. I felt I could be executed. There was so much chaos. I thought, "Is this real?" That night they said, "You give us the Shah, and you are free...