Crossword-Solution: KHOMEINI
We have 10 clues for the answer “KHOMEINI”
| Clue | Answers |
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| 1980s Iranian ayatollah | 1 answer |
| Carter's antagonist | 1 answer |
| Founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran | 1 answer |
| Iranian Revolution leader | 1 answer |
| Pahlavi successor | 1 answer |
| Imam | 2 answers |
| AYATOLLAH TITLE | 10 answers |
| AYATOLLAH PRECEDER | 10 answers |
| AYATOLLAH SUBJECT | 10 answers |
| Ayatollah | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with KHOMEINI (3)
For the most part of his life all Ahmed knew was the Ayatollah Khomeini as his country's spiritual leader.
Each of those who volunteered to assassinate him at the bequest of the Ayatollah Khomeini had in fact already killed not only innocent women and children in order to reach their assigned terrorist targets, but had brought the head of their family victim to the table of their superiors.
Khomeini came to power on the crest of a wave of unprecedented popular support and he supplanted a cruel and corrupt dictator.
Quotes with KHOMEINI (3)
The Islamic revolution in Iran is a positive development. At the same time, the Islamic revolution of Afghanistan, sprung exclusively fromspiritual roots, dealt a heavy blow to the communist regime in the former Soviet Union. In face of that revolution, the red Soviet empire had to concede that it is incapable, in spite of its military superiority, to defeat the Mujaheddin, whose main weapons were their right and their spiritual strength. Another quite new situation appeared …
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, NYT, WSJ.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (2001–2017).