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Ayatollah Khomeini
Portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, made a year after the Iranian revolution. "He has a visionary approach to life" says Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ correspondent Andrew Whitley. "You might describe him as a medieval monk."
Picture: Ayatollah Khomeini, Credit: Getty Images
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