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title: Ruhollah Khomeini
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/ruhollah-khomeini/
description: 1 verified quote from Ruhollah Khomeini, Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution; Supreme Leader of Iran (1979-1989), with sources.
section: FRAME
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# Ruhollah Khomeini

Leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution; Supreme Leader of Iran (1979-1989) · Iran

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1. **Content note:** Describes a country as 'the Great Satan'. The words are shown as they were said or written. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) — > “In this revolution, the Great Satan is America that gathers around other devils blatantly.” — English: English text on the official Imam Khomeini site (emam.com), from Sahifeh-ye Imam, vol. 10, pp. 344-348. Original-language text not found. — November 5, 1979 · Speech · Qom, Iran Verified (secondary source) — Spoken the day after students seized the US embassy in Tehran, to employees of a state insurance office. — Ruhollah Khomeini, speech to staff of the Iranian Central Insurance Office, Qom, 5 November 1979 (titled on emam.com 'American plots against Iran'), Sahifeh-ye Imam, vol. 10, pp. 344-348 [Source](https://emam.com/posts/plain/15718)