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03/06/1989 Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini dies

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I Knew Khomeini | Featured Documentary

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The Ayatollah Khomeini: The Cleric, The Emperor and The Great Satan

Khomeini's health declined several years prior to his death. After spending eleven days in Jamaran hospital, Ruhollah Khomeini died in June 1989 after suffering 5 heart attacks in just 10 days, at the age of 86 just before midnight. He was succeeded as Supreme Leader by Ali Khamenei.