A close confidant of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Mousavi was prime minister from 1981 to 1989.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-president-and-former-pm-of-iran-speak-out-in-favor-of-political-reform/

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution, died 11 days after surgery to stop internal bleeding.

Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/06/03/On-This-Day-London-Bridge-attack-kills-8/5071685801758/

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns from exile and becomes supreme religious guide.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/timeline-u-s--iran-relations-from-1953-coup-to-2023-detainee-swap-deal/article_b2ac37ef-70cc-54d1-b120-734ab21bb01e.html

Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini had condemned as blasphemous passages referring to the Prophet Muhammad in Rushdie's 1988 novel ''The Satanic Verses."

Source: https://www.startribune.com/author-salman-rushdie-awarded-prestigious-german-prize-for-his-literary-work-and-resolve/600283685/

On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic returned to Iran after 15 years in exile, which marks the start of the Fajr Decade (Ten-Day Dawn) before the Islamic Revolution victory ten days later.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/photo/196942/Celebrating-start-of-Fajr-Decade-in-Kermanshah

On February 14, 1989, the then Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie following the publication of Satanic Verses.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1731272/salman-rushdie-breaks-silence-first-time-since-stabbing-attack