Demise Quote by Ruhollah Khomeini

The leaders of the Pahlavi regime, in an attempt to forestall the rising tide of the Islamic revolutionary movement, were hard at work to…

— Yousef Saanei

I remain faithful to the ideals of Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution of 1357.

— Mehdi Karroubi

Those who regarded the revolution, during Imam Khomeini's time, as a deviation, are now [wielding] the tools of terror and oppression

— Mohammad Khatami

Whether it was the 9/11 attacks, Paris shooting, or the attack on the Taj, people across the world mourn the collective loss.

— Adnan Sami

“And when they found our shadows Grouped around the TV sets They ran down every lead They repeated every test They checked out all…

— Roger Waters

Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill,…

— Ruhollah Khomeini

The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

they have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini…

— Pat Robertson

“As he defended the book one evening in the early 1980s at the Carnegie Endowment in New York, I knew that some of what…

— Christopher Hitchens

I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.

— Naguib Mahfouz

The only thing worse than a bad review from the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a good review from the Ayatollah Khomeini.

— Salman Rushdie

“When the Washington Post telephoned me at home on Valentine's Day 1989 to ask my opinion about the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwah , I felt…

— Christopher Hitchens

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort…

— Oriana Fallaci

Prior to his takeover of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini was camping near Paris, giving daily news conferences to a fawning international press corps without a…

— Alexander Haig

“Khomeini espoused a militant religious doctrine rejecting not only the Middle Eastern political order, but also the contemporary international system since both perpetuated an…

— Efraim Karsh