Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

An Iranian cleric who criticized the modernization efforts of the Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi), Khomeini called for a fundamentalist Islamic state in Iran.

Qom is a city of special importance to Shiite Muslims because the historic tomb of
Fatimah Ma'suma is there. Fatimah was the sister of Ali al-Rida, an ancient imam
—a holy man descended from the prophet Muhammad's son-in-law Ali ibn Abu ...