Ayatollah Khomeini - Is He a Homo?

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Before he died Khomeini also pronounces on some of Rushdie's satanic verses and issues this fatwa. This was seen as again sort of consolidating the regime ensuring that the sort of the much sort of anticipates to some degree of normalization with the West. He said it wasn't an Ayatollah with a significant following, and usually it's seen or argued that Rassan Jani who was the key sort of engineer or the person who was essential to engineering this process.

Featuring Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi and Golnar Nikpour on the history of modern Iran. This is the fourth episode in what is now a FIVE-part series. We pick up in the wake of the Islamic Revolution as Khomeini consolidates power, represses his rivals, and confronts an invasion from Saddam Hussein's Iraq. We continue through the Iran-Iraq War, the mass execution of thousands of leftist prisoners, and Khamenei and Rafsanjani's rise to power after Khomeini's death. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig Check out our vast archives and newsletter at thedigradio.com