Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini in 1979.
The ayatollah is chosen by the Assembly of Experts.
There is no king of Iran. There is the spiritual leader, called the Ayatollah. Since Iran is a theocracy they follow a religion, as their government. The current Ayatollah of Iran is Ali Khamenei.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran
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the Ayatollah Khomeini is leader of islamic revolution in iran .he, however was the religious authority ,mystics and great jurist.
Ayatollah Khomeini was convinced that America has colonized Iran and the Shah of Iranis America's puppet government.
The spiritual and temporal Supreme Leader of Iran is the AYATOLLAH.
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Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei is the Supreme Leader for Iran.
The King Mohammed Reva Shah Pahlavi was dethroned and replaced with the Islamic Republic of Iran and its leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.