USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Khomeini, now known by the high Shiite title “ayatollah, ” was the first religious leader to openly condemn the shah’s program of westernization. In fiery dispatches from his Faziye Seminary in Qom, Khomeini called for the overthrow of the shah and the establishment of an Islamic state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, born into a family of religious leaders known as mullahs, was educated in Islamic religious schools. In 1922 he settled in Qom, Iran, one of the primary intellectual centres for Shiʿah Islam.