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Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah
(Encyclopedia)Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah khm´n [key], 1900–1989, Iranian Shiite religious leader. Educated in Islam at home and in theological schools, in the 1950s he was designated ayatollah, a supreme...Montazeri, Hossein Ali
(Encyclopedia)Montazeri, Hossein Ali, 1922–2009, Iranian Islamic scholar and political leader. A follower of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Montazeri objected to Khomeini's arrest and exile, and became involved in ...ayatollah
(Encyclopedia)ayatollah: see Shiites.Revolutionary Guards
(Encyclopedia)Revolutionary Guards, officially the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) or Pasdaran, Iranian military group formed in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution by young Islamic activists loyal to Ayato...Hoveida, Amir Abbas
(Encyclopedia)Hoveida, Amir Abbas ämr´ äb-bäs´ hv´dä [key], 1919–79, Iranian political leader, prime minister of Iran (1965–77). After serving (1958–64) with the National Iranian Oil Company, he ...Khamenei, Ali
(Encyclopedia)Khamenei, Ali (Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei)mhämäd´ äl´ hsn´ khamn´ [key], 1939–, Iranian religious and political leader, b. Mashhad. A Shiite Islamic cleric who was the son of ...Rowhani, Hassan
(Encyclopedia)Rowhani, Hassan häsän´ rhän´ [key], 1948–, Iranian cleric and political leader, b. Sorkheh, studied Semnan and Qom seminaries, Tehran Univ. (law degree, 1972), Glasgow Caledonian Univ. (D.P...Mousavi, Mir Hossein
(Encyclopedia)Mousavi, Mir Hossein mr hsn´ moosäv´ [key], 1941–, Iranian political leader and architect. Active in Islamic groups and in the opposition to the Shah's rule, he was (1979) a founder of ...Bandar-e Imam Khomeini
(Encyclopedia)Bandar-e Imam Khomeini bän´där- ´mäm khmn´ [key], town (1991 est. pop. 56,998), Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, a port at the head of the Persian Gulf. It is the southern terminus of the T...fatwa
(Encyclopedia)fatwa, in Islamic law, an opinion made by a judicial/religious scholar (a mufti) on a legal, civil, or religious matter. The fatwa is usually a valuable source of information on any subject for privat...Browse by Subject
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