TIME in naming Ayatullah
Khomeini Man of the Year for 1979
Ayatullah Khomeini: 1979
A politically active Shi'ite cleric, Khomeini was an
outspoken critic of the Shah of Iran's Western-influenced policies and was
exiled to Iraq for 14 years before moving to France, where he continued his
opposition. By January 1979, public anger with the Shah caused him to flee, and
a month later Khomeini returned from exile. By April he had established a
theocracy based on strict adherence to Islamic law, with the U.S. as Iran's
greatest enemy.
With his support, students seized the U.S. embassy in
Tehran on November 4, 1979, and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. In 1980,
a dispute with Iraq became an eight-year holy war that cost the two countries
more than one million lives. He remains a powerful symbol to Iranians even
after his death in 1989. "Rarely has so improbable a leader shaken the
world," said TIME in naming him Man
of the Year for 1979. (1/7/80).
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