Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Ayatollah Khomeini born on September 24, 1902, his given name means "inspired of God”.
Khomeini was raised by his mother and an aunt, both of whom died of cholera in 1918. He
was the religious leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. He was also the leader of the Iranian
Revolution, which killed 3,000 to 60,000 people. He was truly evil incarnate because he
was the first bloodthirsty ruler in history to exploit religion as an effective tool to
consolidate power, incite violence and undermine those who are seen as foreign enemies.
Ayatollah in his 10 years of leadership established a theocratic rule over Iran. He did not
fulfill his pre-revolution promises to the people of Iran but instead he started to marginalize
and crash the opposition groups and those who opposed the clerical rules. He ordered
establishment of many institutions to consolidate power and safeguard the cleric leadership.
During his early years in power he launched the Cultural Revolution in order to Islamize
the whole country. Many people were laid off, and lots of books were revised or burnt
according to the new Islamic values.
Then he established the Shia Islamic Law and it had a lot of harsh rules over the normal
people. Some of them were the follow: Men and women had strict dress codes; citizens
lost equal rights and met with very harsh punishments, were brutalized, tortured and killed.
People were imprisoned and tortured for listening to music. People were lashed 100 times
for kissing in public. People were tortured and killed if they did not believe in Allah.
People were shot, hanged, blinded, gassed, stabbed in the chest, stoned to death and burned
alive. People had their hands cut off for stealing. People were killed by machine guns,
knives, clubs, cutters, and acid.
In the 1988 Iranian Massacres, Khomeini ordered that every prisoner that did not repent
anti-regime activities should be killed. About 30,000 people were killed in 5 months.
He spread his ways across the Middle East. Saddam Hussein feared the spread of Ayatollah
so he attacked Iran, which started the Iran-Iraq War, which caused the deaths of 1 to 2
million people. During the war, Khomeini sent young boys to fight and refused to make
peace with Iraq even though there was at least one moment when Saddam offered peace for
Iran. Because Khomeini refused to settle peace, Iran’s economy was ruined. His hatred of
America and Western society inspired the way for terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda and
the way for the Islamic Holy War, which has killed more than 2 million people. Khomeini
died from cancer in 1989.
Khomeini was raised by his mother and an aunt, both of whom died of cholera in 1918. He
was the religious leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989. He was also the leader of the Iranian
Revolution, which killed 3,000 to 60,000 people. He was truly evil incarnate because he
was the first bloodthirsty ruler in history to exploit religion as an effective tool to
consolidate power, incite violence and undermine those who are seen as foreign enemies.
Ayatollah in his 10 years of leadership established a theocratic rule over Iran. He did not
fulfill his pre-revolution promises to the people of Iran but instead he started to marginalize
and crash the opposition groups and those who opposed the clerical rules. He ordered
establishment of many institutions to consolidate power and safeguard the cleric leadership.
During his early years in power he launched the Cultural Revolution in order to Islamize
the whole country. Many people were laid off, and lots of books were revised or burnt
according to the new Islamic values.
Then he established the Shia Islamic Law and it had a lot of harsh rules over the normal
people. Some of them were the follow: Men and women had strict dress codes; citizens
lost equal rights and met with very harsh punishments, were brutalized, tortured and killed.
People were imprisoned and tortured for listening to music. People were lashed 100 times
for kissing in public. People were tortured and killed if they did not believe in Allah.
People were shot, hanged, blinded, gassed, stabbed in the chest, stoned to death and burned
alive. People had their hands cut off for stealing. People were killed by machine guns,
knives, clubs, cutters, and acid.
In the 1988 Iranian Massacres, Khomeini ordered that every prisoner that did not repent
anti-regime activities should be killed. About 30,000 people were killed in 5 months.
He spread his ways across the Middle East. Saddam Hussein feared the spread of Ayatollah
so he attacked Iran, which started the Iran-Iraq War, which caused the deaths of 1 to 2
million people. During the war, Khomeini sent young boys to fight and refused to make
peace with Iraq even though there was at least one moment when Saddam offered peace for
Iran. Because Khomeini refused to settle peace, Iran’s economy was ruined. His hatred of
America and Western society inspired the way for terrorist groups including Al-Qaeda and
the way for the Islamic Holy War, which has killed more than 2 million people. Khomeini
died from cancer in 1989.