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Ruhollah Khomeini

Demanding the Shah's return to Iran for trial

Sunday Oct 21, 1979
Iran

On 22 October 1979, the United States admitted the exiled and ailing Shah into the country for cancer treatment. In Iran, there was an immediate outcry, with both Khomeini and leftist groups demanding the Shah's return to Iran for trial and execution.


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