Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) | 60 Minutes Archive

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[@MotefaRegh313]

چرا زيرنويس فارسی فعال نیست؟!

[@christopherthorkon3997]

I remember watching this when it first aired. Everyone was watching it.

[@asds12321]

Hi pal I would like to recommend to u the best article i have ever found written about iran and what really happened Written by a great american James perloff, president pf the john birch society If u google the new american magazine, iran and what really happened Its free

[@koblerville923]

I remember as a youngster watching this too when it first aired. Everything in this story makes much more sense to me as an adult.

[@carlosgil4248]

Time goes fast

[@co2_os]

Old 🫵🏼😂

[@mariusfourie-lq6sv]

Look's like every allatollah is causing troubles, like the current one 😳😳 Why there no chairs, allatollah that poor 🤣🤣

[@fakereality96]

I appreciate these old uploads. Thanks!!!

[@purujitparashar4642]

​@@bobfitz8701 your most welcome as well

[@lastcommodore2071]

I remember those days. This was a difficult interview, but done civilly by both men.

[@Chatterbox-94]

You could tell this was a very tense and challenging interview. Wallace was very respectful and professional. He knew how to be civil but was trying to ask difficult questions at the same time.

[@robtrawick1]

Nothing civil was ever done by Kohmeini.

[@ilovepeoplebro]

Khomeini barely knew how to compose basic sentences in Persian

[@nimasenobari4542]

Civil?! What you on about?! He. Can't answer even a simple question without claiming this is Eslam doing , he was a crazy mad man who destroyed my country

[@sam7707_]

@@ilovepeoplebro 😂😂😂😂😂 ....n still d rule d persia 😂😂😂😂

[@ben-taobeneton3945]

Impressive. Thank you for letting me see this after almost 5 decades. 🙏

[@alimehraein6811]

Thanks for making this video available. I just wish there were a little better interpreters at the time on both sides.

[@SayNo2WesternValues]

Long live Iran 🇮🇷

[@LosAngeles-Skincare]

Khomeini would not allow anyone else to interpret. Only his own stooges! I hope if there is life after this, he is burning in hell!

[@Noor-sl5ep]

​@@LosAngeles-Skincare i don't know much about tha matter. but you seem to want him to suffer. can you please elaborate on why ?

[@ghostofsparta1045]

​@@Noor-sl5ephe decimated Iran's culture

[@DrFaust-pr8vw]

​@@Noor-sl5epwatch videos from before 1979, there were women in bikinis, religious freedom/no hijab laws etc

[@isaacv4433]

Fact: That translator who became foreign minister (Ghotbzadeh Esfahani) was later hanged for treason a few years after the revolution

[@teddyj.3198]

He was shot

[@Ohana9999]

Isn't his name Ghotbzadeh Sadegh?

[@soheilkiaie7693]

@@Ohana9999 yes

[@mykonossaga]

Really? Omg

[@SirManBossDudeBroGuy]

Shot or hanged? Or both?

[@qiannivan5287]

Where are these 60 minutes? I always get like 15 minutes of them.

[@Emmanuel967-c2m]

Hahaaa

[@Technotrad3r]

lol so true

[@californiaction]

Hhhhhhhu lool

[@no-bq8hv]

The show was named 60 Minutes because it was 1 hour long, but they covered several topics in that 1 hour show. So each topic was approx 15+ mins and of course there were commercials.

[@mpn5124]

thank you for uploading the iran series videos, it's completely related to what is happening there

[@tylerlately]

5:42 LOL. The way mike turns to the translator after asking the question is hilarious!

[@patriotir]

It gets even funnier if you knew that Khomeini could somehow understand what he was saying but didnt give a damn

[@Ash01010]

still he needed a translator end of the debate​@@patriotir

[@yeahimatrollandiluvit8704]

@@patriotirso basically you’re approving a comment that absolutely makes no sense?

[@Korechika]

Thank you 60 Minutes

[@triakissemifasciataleopard307]

Thanks for sharing this video.

[@mei6487]

The Iranian guy sitting besides Khomeini is already translating everything Khomeini says in English. So why did the 60 Minutes use another translator voice in the background?

[@NinossoniN]

The translator in the room waits for AK to finish his hole speach before translating, that takes time.

[@berdigylychrejepbayev7503]

then use his translation not someone else's@@NinossoniN

[@Jesscolonel]

They said some answers were scripted

[@yoshimitsu8643]

@@Jesscolonel ofcorse it is scripted

[@Jesscolonel]

@@yoshimitsu8643 say Wallah!

[@domestos54]

...I'm expecting him to say " Bond, James Bond "

[@blitzzkrieg1400]

Khomeini. Ruhollah Khomeini.

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

Mike Wallace, shaken not stirred. ​@@blitzzkrieg1400

[@talkingmudcrab718]

_This is a certified Hood Classic._

[@vandibox]

Why anyone would follow this guy is beyond me. He truly found his niche in getting students to blindly follow him.

[@teflonsinatra9002]

He unified the resistance,the revolution was a popular revolution with socialists,communists,anarchists and laïc nationalists but just after getting rid the Shah,he started the purge and the war that the US started against him by using Iraq helped him a lot on getting rid of the opposition by accusing them of working for Saddam.

[@mvs9122]

The fact is that the embassy occupation occurred without his knowledge and approval. There were many factions in iran, and khomaini had to support the invasion of embassy in order to maintain his position. The whole invasion and hostage taking was very bad for iran and the Iranian regime but they got drag into it by the more radical faction of the revolutionaries. Also the 1953 coup is seared in Iranian psyche. In retrospect the new revolutionary govt should have just asked western diplomats to leave immediately so as to prevent hostage taking. It was the tail that waggd the dog!

[@ArashRezaee]

not blindly

[@armin3057]

@@ArashRezaee aksariate mardom ahmagh boodan

[@stevenbaksh5545]

He was the only thing representing an opposition to the Shah at that time that's why the Iranian people choose him

[@fsal5890]

After the embassy take over, a room half-full of shredded paper was discovered. The students painstakingly matched the pieces together, and the result of that came to be more 70 volumes of books, explaining the spying activities of that embassy, in Iran and the whole region. Not long later, Sadat of Egypt was killed by his people, and years later Egyptians had a revolution of their own. But it was brought down by a military coup. Egyptians never took over US embassy there. There is a saying " there will never be a coup in the US, because there is no US embassy in Washington"

[@kamranhaidarzaidi5061]

Finally someone uttering sensible stuff in the comments!!!

[@Lovelife-lw7fy]

Not quite true. Arafat was assassinated by a group of hezbullah tied to the Iranian regime . There’s even a street named after the Iranian dude who assassinated Arafat

[@امیر-ي9ج8م]

Nevertheless, the Iranian regime is criminal

[@missthunderstormable]

Oh it was in a movie, that shredding

[@arashshad1134]

The best analytical comment. Excellent.

[@SteveBoobJobs]

Mike Wallace all thriller, no filler

[@theotheluo6546]

Couldn't they have used a better interpreter, the Ayatollah's interpreter was very fluent.

[@ashokpanigrahi7520]

The most daring interviewer I have ever seen

[@pallasathena1369]

Interview with Al-Shaytan... black turban and glimmering hatred 😂😂

[@masterm537]

Or with Bin Laden in 1997 or Saddam in 1992

[@sofunnystars5557]

​@@pallasathena1369What about interview with George W.Bush, Biden, Sarkozy ?

[@idahmadk]

yes the sheytaan is in suites likes of Your Leaders​@@pallasathena1369

[@nathanaelscott4137]

@@sofunnystars5557tell them

[@amberdavidson6827]

When "Journalism" had integrity...

[@the80386]

Interestingly, depending on which position you already agree with, the same journalistic piece will be seen as either honest or dishonest.

[@brianwalsh1401]

Well they certainly didn't say the election was stolen back then. That's relatively new. Until trump started calling anyone who reported on what he said or did"fake news". What exactly does your statement mean? Do tell. How are they lacking in integrity these days. I agree some definitely are but which ones specifically.

[@amberdavidson6827]

@@brianwalsh1401 We saw this shift in NEWS intergrity when Rupert Murdoch and others in the "Media" industry began to go to "War" with each and Cable News Network (24 hour practically brain washing propaganda began) depending on which network you watch. We used to watch 5PM or 10PM News and that was it. Of course Social Media plays a HUGE factor. This type of politically BIAS Mainstream propaganda has always existed on some level. It has just now been taken to the next level. I feel today, they intentionally make things so chaotic, race or politically related intentionally so we are always second guessing everything. 60 Minutes used to do some pretty hard-lined exposure or fact finding segments. With the intention of EXPOSING Corrupton. I now think MSM NEWS has been engineered to HIDE corruption. Because the Corrupt are the ones whom own these Networks. And can destroy a Journalists Career if they speak real Truth. Yes it was probably corrupt in a way then. But now is next level.On the election fraud, yes election fraud is 100% real. They literally stopped counting votes at 2AM and drove in an insane amont of "Mail-In-Ballots". They even started covering up the windows in Vote Counting Stations in the middle of the night. 99% of Countries in this World, even Iraq & Afghanistan do not allow Mail-In-Ballots unless someone is a diplomat, military or some other very good reason for mailing in. It is a corrupt system that the media protects. A REAL Journalist would be investigating Voter Fraud. The Dominion Voting machines used in Venezuela 100% threw that election that lead to the implosion of that country. And when the media started investigating it in Venezuela, and Government officials were calling for an investigation, the storage facility holding all the Dominion Voting Machines & Computer Data about that election mysteriously caught on fire in the middle of the night and was burnt to the ground. The Media stayed as far away from that story as possible. I believe The Guardian (UK) reported on this, then they were bought out by one of these Media Conglomerates and their entire platform of exposing TRUTH was scrubbed. Everyday Civilians are now the new "investigative journalists"

[@Chatterbox-94]

I feel like journalism was a lot more fascinating and appealing back then. Today too much political drama is involved. Back then it was about questions, answers, and truth.

[@rushyscoper1651]

they didn't, back then there way more propganda to the US interests now its still the same but u have more sides and some actually against US interests even so they less mainstream.

[@h313yt]

I was watching the news on an Australian channel Australia 🇦🇺 and the guest was an American Jewish professor. 🇺🇸 The presenter asked him: What is happening in the Middle East? The Jewish professor answered: For 300 years, we Westerners ruled the world with money and weapons, and things were going as planned. Whoever did not obey us, we would tempt him with money or threaten him with weapons. But after the arrival of Khomeini in 1979, a new and strange player entered our midst, who did not covet money, nor was he afraid of weapons. The strangest thing is that God stood with them in everything, and God changed the balance of power, let us down and gave them victory. The philosopher said, I expect that God will continue to stand with them because the data indicates that.

[@davidjma7226]

Guess who the Minister of Women's Affairs in Iran is? One of the student leaders who took the Embassy!

[@Star_sky23]

And her son lives in America😂😂😂

[@davidjma7226]

@@Star_sky23 Yep, many of the regime prefer to educate their kids in The Great Satan. But they are the privileged 10% who put up with the Islamic regime because they are making millions out of it. When the regime falls, these Iranians will be the first on the planes out to US, Canada and UK, just like when the Shah fell. I lived there for a few years until recently and have a Persian wife.

[@Benjamin-sd9qf]

And she has no power at all, she is just there to show everybody "Look we made a woman a minister".

[@lsakvidovic8187]

And majority of Iranian people who are against the regime are suffering inside the country.

[@davidjma7226]

@@lsakvidovic8187 Have been for over 40 yrs. My wife is Persian. We have close friends who served time Evin prison. It took them two months in hospital to recover after one month in Evin.

[@dyer2cycle]

Wow...I remember watching this back when I was a teenager...but only watching it now, do I realize how much Ayetollah Khomeini looked like Sean Connery...but with a beard, moustache, and turban...take those away, and the resemblance is uncanny...

[@FahimAhmed-xj9lq]

As a Muslim i can't agree with a lot of what his revolution has done to Iran (it's not like the Shah was better, but that's a separate discussion), but I can certainly see why people were so drawn to him. He radiates a quiet dignity and charisma

[@aliderking1]

Bro these people excecuted over 20000 political prisoners. They are not better than America or Israel. I highly doubt that Islam agrees to this evil regime.

[@NewarkBrickCity1970]

Unimpressed with a man who can't look someone in the eye when speaking to them.

[@Blaidd1298]

Looking people in the Eye directly is considered rude and shameless in Iranian culture​@@NewarkBrickCity1970

[@Mesopotamia-v6d]

the worst part he wanted to do the same thing in every country

[@akpewebiakolo7517]

He radiates evil....so much evil in his eyes😮

[@ismail4263-5]

Didn’t know Sean Connery had a side gig as the Supreme Leader of Iran

[@ClearwaterSubProductions]

5:42, the balls on Mike Wallace to say that to the Ayatollah’s face!

[@mustafaali3333-q1m]

Sadat is not religious

[@fatmanyrhaw9423]

what’s wild is that they whacked sadat and put the army officer that killed sadat on a stamp in iran

[@justyouraveragecupofjoe9812]

I mean, why did he have balls to ask him that question??

[@davidjma7226]

Brilliant interviewer. A legend!

[@syed61475]

May Allah (swt) continue to protect the Wilayat-e-Faqhe system

[@user-pd4cv2bw1h]

Praying 🙏🤲🙏

[@NickG_]

At a very grand cost, his greatest gift to Iran has been showing the true colour of clergy and religion, paving the way and enforcing the foundation for at least a secular regime. Like many other Iranians, to this day, I call upon his holiness couple of times a month when I go to the toilet.

[@mafiosoginger]

even some believers would see Khomeinis face on the moon back in 1979 :)

[@hermanrowell3081]

thank god for Khomeini giving gods people what their greatest desire to be a bunch of religious maniacs

[@hermanrowell3081]

@@mafiosoginger what great religious fervor that is for hallucinating maniacs

[@hermanrowell3081]

@@mafiosoginger oooooou that's even better than seeing a Jesus picture in a piece of toast.

[@hermanrowell3081]

khomoonmania is a psycho-pathological process to deify a religious figure induced by an extreme state of religious paranoia

[@masoomarahimi528]

Thanks for uploading

[@shawnshahpari8681]

The translator did such a horrible job. Holy wow

[@KS-zq7zy]

On both ways

[@alimsylla5367]

Poor guy was probably trembling through out the translation.

[@EricRosenwaldPhotography]

How so? He didn’t pick the ground rules

[@roddyboethius1722]

Nah he cool

[@kamrankalhory8002]

Compare yourself how cheeky Mike Wallace speaks to the Shah of Iran and how with such a obsequious devotion speaks to Khomeini 🙏

[@Lovelife-lw7fy]

That’s because his supporters warned him and told him not to ask certain questions. Besides Mike Wallace was acting as an ambassador to cool things down . THINK !

[@kamrankalhory8002]

@@Lovelife-lw7fy I certainly don't THINK like you!

[@AllAboutYouTubers13]

And the old leader is a discrace to iran now lol

[@kamrankalhory8002]

@@AllAboutKZbinrs13 You have no idea what's going on in Iran right now. Shah once said the truth can be hidden for a while but never destroyed forever !!

[@sarahs2288]

The Shah and Mike were buddies takin jabs at each other. The Shah was enjoying the debate and was definitely holding his own. In this interview, Wallace just wants information on the hostages, he’s walking on eggshells because lives are literally at stake.

[@htownali]

7:45 gotta respect it

[@pedrokaco]

That’s strategy, divide to conquer!

[@Arpatiko]

Why wrong translation 60 minutes?

[@Abraar_ahmad_]

I'm Sunni but my love for Ayatullah khomeini can't be measured by any scale ♥️

[@hggfhh4449]

I will say he is better than the Islamic prophet muhamad

[@rasasa694]

از خودت و دانش خودت بگو و اینقدر خدا کفته و قران میگه استفاده منفی نکن ، چون خدا میگه هدایت بندگان فقط و فقط امر منه و هیچکس حق نداره دخالت کنه و در ضمن مگه ما ایرانی نیستیم مگه ما زرتشت و کتاب اوستا برامون نیومده مگر خدا نگفته همه پیامبران و کتابهای خدا یکیه و فرقی نداره ، مگر نگفته بر هر قومی کتاب و مناسک و عبادت خاص خودش را فرستادم که روز قیامت هر قومی را با کتابش احضار و باز خواستش میکند ؟ پس چرا دین عرب را بر مردم ما تبلیغ میکنی انهم شیعه ! که حداقل درین چند نمونه تمام شیعیان را لعنت کرده ! ایا تو تو و اخوندهای شیعه که ایرانی نیستید برای رسوایی و بی ابرو کردن. قوم پارس نزد نیامده اید ؟ ایا فریب دینی و سدو سبیل راه خدا و گمراه کردن مردمان کار لشگر شیطان نیست ، مردم ما اگر قران فارسی بود میخواندند و گمراه نمیشدند و بدین خود باز میگشتند و روز قیامت سربلند میشدند اما شما ها هم دین و هم دنیارا متاسفانه از مردمان پارسی زبان گرفتید !!!! چرا این سوره ها و ایات زیر را برای مردم نادان نمیخوانی و صدها ایات دیگر که قران و خشونت ان برای اعراب اشدمن الکفر نازل شده نه ایرانیان نیک اندیش و پارسا

[@thepalestiniankufiya]

L take

[@JamesAlis]

​@@rasasa694 yes god said it shites are part of Persians

[@ashraf7242]

😂😂😂😂

[@Lovelife-lw7fy]

That interpreter’s tone of voice is angry ! It’s almost comical 😂

[@shawndellucci9461]

It's not anger he is trying to be a good voice over actor interpreter... He is auditioning 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@roddyboethius1722]

Takes one to know one

[@aemalahmad9580]

A great man, may Allah swt bless him in the hereafter.

[@nasirxalil9507]

Amin

[@EricRosenwaldPhotography]

I didn’t know Andy Kaufman was an Iranian interpreter

[@user-tk1lf5hi6f]

Same and I was even more surprised to learn that Sean Connery was once the Supreme Leader of Iran.

[@EricRosenwaldPhotography]

@@user-tk1lf5hi6f Little did we know it was all a skit gone terribly wrong

[@MrZZooh]

@@EricRosenwaldPhotography 🤣

[@perlenoire6364]

Maybe he is an Iranian Jew

[@roddyboethius1722]

😂

[@EduardAlexa-z7s]

It took almost 50 years from this Khomeini speech for us to understand what exactly a ''US Embassy'' mean.

[@marjanteh]

It’s painful to listen to this

[@dawranali7809]

Darood o salaam bar Imam Khomeini Rizwan Allah taaala

[@samjonson6602]

@@dawranali7809 kir dar‌ kos madar to va khomini

[@rottenflesh7015]

You know what is painful too? iranian traiters to this regim like you

[@4rmDEC2FRE]

As a Black American i support and deeply empathize with Iran and the Palestinian people. May the Most High protect them.

[@HOSSinN-h7u]

ممنون از شما ❤ از طرف یک ایرانی 🇮🇷

[@suleymanortatepe]

May he rest in peace. A guide to the right path.🤲🤲

[@giftedtheos]

He is in hell

[@Ali_alrida12121]

I love how he use (we are muslims) alote.

[@aha3885]

Yes, many terrorists do that.

[@mr.brenman2132]

Yes, that usually follows a lie.

[@Tosi29068]

Thu

[@ashraf7242]

He’s not a Muslim, he’s shia

[@mr.brenman2132]

@@ashraf7242 What?

[@phelelazulu4955]

The calmness of most Muslim leaders is fascinating and scary.

[@Ahmzaks]

“ Islam protects the prisoners, and Islam is humanity" ya imam

[@brianwalsh1401]

Yeah just don't protest against them like now because you'll get beat and shot like all the protesters during the protests.

[@taratara3986]

Your Imam talked from behind. Don't take him too seriously.

[@Ali_alrida12121]

​@taratara3986 your media talked from behind..don't take it too seriously..

[@agrajyadav2951]

​@@Ali_alrida12121Noone takes the media seriously

[@AC-mp7cx]

@@taratara3986 do zionists talk from the same place

[@jamesboone3678]

Mike Wallace has more balls than his son ever will have.

[@malachaixavier]

6:04 I understand now why the interpreter said I won't interpret inappropriate questions. The western rhetoric and insulting way of asking questions haven't changed since then.

[@johnsmitherino4913]

Not answering questions is a good guise for dishonesty. Questions are only insulting when you feel you're above the truth.

[@malachaixavier]

@@johnsmitherino4913 You might as well be talking about the Zionists

[@itsyaboimirage3473]

​@@malachaixavierSnowflake

[@bosco.2481]

I like this guy who gives back what he gets. Why are others interfering in this country's politics.

[@ilovepeoplebro]

Come to Iran brother, we will take very good care of you and your mother & sisters ❤

[@blackhat6345]

​@@ilovepeoplebrokeep quiet. you are not iranian. iranian people are kind

[@chipe123o4]

Imam Khomeini was a brilliant man and outstanding leader, a philosopher and scholar.

[@farotv4232]

Correct me if I'm wrong, was this scene not in the movie The Insider? Or was it in Lebanon?

[@anotherarchitectx]

I was thinking the same thing

[@seinfarage9959]

No it was in star wars 😂

[@tsiddique5553]

Mashalla a great man. Elevated and emanating light and righteousness. Such pure wisdom, he shamed the Americans. What a blessing to see him even in film.

[@koskor9958]

The day our country started to fall apart😢

[@dassolosyndikat5113]

All because of him.

[@INDIA19THAT47ISBHARAT]

😂😂😂, I know you are from ahle sunnati Or supporter of al e saud. How can you call Iran your country even most shias of iran stands with ayatulla e khamnei

[@sharingan515]

@joseph_goebbels606 Muslim country you mean. bc they are persians not arabs

[@Arya_N700]

@joseph_goebbels606Iran is a Persian country not Arab that supports Palestine.

[@asharahmad1068]

​@@dassolosyndikat5113it wasn't him who sanctioned your country and told Iraq to invade Iran

[@aaronhrynyk]

This is quite a stark difference from the Shahs many 60 minute interviews

[@gdmofo]

Amazing how the Shah of Iran at the time could be candid with Mike and all questions must be censored to the Ayatollah

[@stephanevuchinic4537]

Also noteworthy is how the Shah's english was significantly better than that of Ayatollah's interpreter.

[@marinestar-y1v]

Great leader

[@sarakhosravi9402]

Thank you for sharing our story with the world we need all the help we can get #mahsaamini 🙏🖤🖤🖤

[@aligh999]

How world can help??

[@mohamahsoseinheidari9017]

@@aligh999 it is a domestic problem ok???

[@sina2002_]

@@aligh999 deporting The family of IRI dogs, puting sanctions on targeted ayatollahs, giving us internet, more sanctuary no Nuclear negotiating Sorry no time to explain in detail

[@aligh999]

@@sina2002_ Iran has been under sanctions for several years, some people turned the sanctions into an excuse for not making progress, but some people turned it into an opportunity for progress. Even during the sanctions, none of the celebrities defended themselves.

[@aligh999]

@@sina2002_ Regarding the Internet, it is very clear that the same people who ban drugs( medicine) but are willing to give the Internet in times of conflict and bloodshed.

[@timrobertson4666]

Why would any journalist agree to these terms for the interview?

[@davidec.4021]

Because it was a monumental moment in world history?

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

I'm assuming that no Western journalist even got the chance to ask Khomeini anything to his face before. This was a huge moment in world history. It's like asking "Why would any journalist agree to these terms that Kim Jong Un just gave?"

[@moalkaabi6598]

They made all this to check on the hostages

[@emadsheibani]

Imam was the greatest man of the last century ❤❤❤

[@klauslover3949]

How exactly? What did he do for this country? For you and your radical Islam, for sure he's the greatest.

[@AMD69855]

دلقک

[@mr.akechi9738]

reminiscent indeed, a big circle of every ． things!

[@thomasthomasphilp4393]

He was imported from France.

[@tomjones5650]

He boosted a Plane Load of Grey Goose. Viva la France! Hail Ayatollah Blassie Bali Bali !!!

[@behrouzalaii2798]

The greatest actor and liar in history ...

[@RedWarrior081]

and you're not wrong ☺️🤣

[@communistchicken4249]

Who

[@kakampink-h4e]

lol...i agree.

[@RedWarrior081]

@@kakampink-h4e especially their lovefest of 1979 too bad his ugly house in France where he hid his candy a-- for a year was destroyed lol

[@Pasha_Sabbah]

Like the Western politicians?

[@waverider1674]

Sean Connery plays a bloody villain called Ayatollah Khomeini in this movie filmed in Iran.

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

America, shaken not stirred.

[@laurahoward5426]

My first thought exactly....such a resemblance!!!

[@Adx___]

😂😂😂😂

[@joebidet2050]

Yep foto copy

[@Smearrrrrrgle]

They look similar don’t they 😂

[@falaqsyed9084]

Salaam Khomenei r.a. 💞

[@jasonmatthews7829]

Thoughts and prayers for the safe return of all the hostages. Iran should vote this guy out!

[@samkhan2415]

Wtf is interpreter saying 😂

[@AliHussain-fz7pd]

This is what happens when you overestimate your own abilities😂

[@yokoso3828]

Humble Man ♥️

[@g4m3r222]

they wanted a leader- here is the leader

[@wajjadsahito3264]

the King in the Ummah of Prophet Muhmmad Saw

[@childsplay95]

Yes

[@taratara3986]

You're imagining things.

[@adriannouri-lenjan]

He is a enemy of islam

[@Khabib9-z8w]

The interviewer must have vast experience in order to interview ayatollah a charismatic man

[@taratara3986]

As charismatic as Ted Bundy.

[@jeffreybickerton4422]

Surely an open discussion would have achie]ved far more than having questions screened beforehand.

[@SirManBossDudeBroGuy]

I agree but did you hear all of the questions that WOULDN'T be answered?

[@taratara3986]

Not really. Oriana Fallaci tried that and while asking a question, she removed her scarf. Khomeini discontinued.

[@KenApo-k9r]

Yes. Today is history. I remember it watching on the new. I was 73 years old.

[@Karki16]

How Fake You Like To Say🤡🤡

[@Godshonestruth]

Ur 110 now?

[@ms-ss4gt]

No camparison ,one man with the help of allah change all and today only countru who stand against the evil.power is iran ..what a great vision of great man .....oppressed nation and people know the value of iran ....❤❤❤❤

[@StephenLuke]

RIH Ruhollah Khomeini (1902-1989)

[@frankcortes6852]

Rest In Hell? 😂

[@StephenLuke]

@@frankcortes6852 No, “Rot”.

[@frankcortes6852]

@@StephenLuke ouch! 😬

[@Dustinwhy8]

No questions about freedom 🤔🤔🤔? That isn’t concerning or anything.

[@homophobicnormal9015]

There is no need that you americans worry about our freedom in iran Just keep your head in your own business Ty😂

[@Mossaab-kg3cj5hc5s]

My your own business

[@Dustinwhy8]

@@Mossaab-kg3cj5hc5s 😂😂😂

[@Darrenjwj]

The Ayatollah looks very similar to Sean Connery

[@lady-bug939]

I'm suni muslim and love Imam Ayatullah Khomaini. Great leader, great man, so humble, so elequent, so kind to the weak and oppressed of tge world, beautiful face, beautuful walk, Mashaallah

[@mandolorian25]

It’s interesting watching this video 44 years later, with the hindsight of history what the problem was. The Shah had been installed by a coup in the 50s at the request of the British by the CIA. When news came out , after the revolution and the fleeing of the shah to Mexico, he subsequently was allowed to the US for medical treatment for a diagnosed cancer. This precipitated thoughts that a 2nd coup was being orchestrated and the storming of the embassy and the taking of hostages given what happened in the CIA orchestrated coup in the 50s. Frankly the Shah was dying anyways they should have just given him up and gotten all the hostages, apparently he could have received the same treatment in Mexico. By allowing him into the states it precipitated the hostage crisis, and Khomeni needed the Shah to prove no 2nd coup could be done, they didn't believe the cancer story. This really boiled down to not wanting to appear weak. It’s amazing how much human suffering is caused by politicians trying to save face. The Shah died the following year in Egypt. They didn’t even keep him in the US. Carter went down as one of the weakest US presidents in recent history anyways. I'd have traded the Shah for the hostages release in a heartbeat.

[@gghh5873]

This is where I think you dont understand politics. Even I dont on several occasions, but this one I do. Its about long term establishment of trust and not just about saving face. If US had given up the Shah, then there was a chance no middle east leader anywhere would ever trust them again and thats needed to solify a base everywhere. If the US gave up foreign leaders in exchange for civilians, pretty sure no ally would trust them again. It is not possible now. The Congress and social media would force US to get their citizens first but it was possible then and they refused to give him up. Carter was never great but this was needed.

[@mandolorian25]

@@gghh5873 I understand your point but then you’re just propping up leaders that aren’t supported by their populations. How long can you keep that going on for ?

[@mikeg2491]

@@mandolorian25why do you all continue to lie we installed the Shah when he assumed the throne in 1941? It was Mossadegh who attempted to overthrow the Shah using phony emergency powers in a rigged vote. Did we intervene, yes, did we back the Shah in the power struggle, yes. But we didn’t “install” him.

[@02any1]

Who ever place shah he was doin great for his country yes I agree there was no political activity allowed but look around you see the results so it let us know that he was right he knew Khomeini he knew mojahedin he knew Russian spy in that situation you can’t do much

[@venice7261]

According to the latest CIA declassified files, the Shah has not been installed by a CIA coup (see the link). The overthrowing of Shah's regime in 1979 was an elaborated plan orchestrated by the U.S., U.K. and oil cartels. Your analysis is so twisted and outdated. We are sooo lucky that you didn't become a politician! Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHLJn4OQhdGrmbcsi=M6YRKtBC1VMzOkA6

[@imtiazhussain9151]

What a intellectual person

[@fadihajjhassan6492]

Ask him if he likes the Jackson 5

[@Jupiter-td4kw]

He was more of a Stevie Wonder type of guy

[@norakleps8344]

My friend’s husband was tortured, executed and thrown in a mass grave by this regime

[@Ohdatstima]

9:16 I’m sorry but seeing this upsets me the United States should have listened to George Washington when he said we should stay out of foreign affairs. They would be no need to compromise if you wasn’t there on the first place.

[@fuzzysgaming7905]

That second Marine’s cheekbones just below his eyes appeared to be swollen. This leaves me to believe that he may have been beaten into a false confession. He also wipes his face with his hands which is common amongst torture victims.

[@sohailmmn9812]

Long live Islamic Republic of Iran and god bless Iran and imam Khomeini for making Iran strong so after all these years we are now this strong that no country can do to us what they did to iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, etc.

[@jackmeyhoffer5107]

Marg Barg islam. Marg barg iran.

[@norakleps8344]

Too bad the women are repressed

[@johnzamora7166]

Mike Wallace has brass balls😂

[@FateeeeHusain]

Great leader and character

[@grandpoobahofthewest]

Jimmy Carter himself brought Khomainie to Power!

[@MahdiAsadi]

It seems that some of the problems between us were caused by this translator 😅😂

[@vivaldyma2721]

Interpreter

[@MahdiAsadi]

@@vivaldyma2721 Thank You 😁

[@brianwalsh1401]

The problem started when the elected president was overthrown in 1953 to put in the Shah.

[@MahdiAsadi]

@@brianwalsh1401 👍 American-British coup d'état

[@taratara3986]

@@brianwalsh1401 'the elected president'? I guess you're talking about Mosaddegh? FYI, it was the sole constitutional right of the King (and only the King) to select the Prime Minister (NOT the president). He gave the chance to Mosaddegh and asked the Parliament to vote for his choice simply to respect the so-called representatives of the people. Mosaddegh was NEVER a democratically elected PM. Got it?

[@SazegaraMir]

برای کدوم کشور پخش میکنید!

[@StaticXtreme444]

Chakka bakka

[@seinfarage9959]

Ayatolla Khomeini ❤❤❤❤

[@venicesaint1500]

8:16 👏🏾👏🏾 thank you.

[@tulshipatgauripur4185]

Sayed Ayatulla ruhulla al khomaini

[@Umardau_123]

Khomaeni ❤❤

[@giftedtheos]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Umardau_123]

@@giftedtheos 😋😊

[@Umardau_123]

Amerika Israel duet Terorist😊

[@PeskyPudgyPanda]

Sean Connery's greatest character 🤔

[@eyrrrr]

السلام عليك يا إمام 🇮🇶❤️🇮🇷

[@h.schikhan5850]

Ayatollh Khomeini saved Iran from poverty, illiteracy and American colonialism

[@ShyonMottaghi]

Yeah the terrorist regime that forces its extreme ideologies on its people and spends all its money on proxy wars.

[@barcelonavideos2587]

He do it worse

[@fash6353]

Indeed. This man saved my country

[@JuniorRodigan]

there is no poverty any more ?

[@ShyonMottaghi]

@@JuniorRodigan yeah dude is brainwashed

[@steveghanbari]

Based on historical evidence, the United States, Britain, and Israel assisted in toppling Iran's previous government in 1979 and establishing the Islamic Republic led by ideologically extreme individuals. Unfortunately, this event caused turmoil in Iran. Nevertheless, Iranians should take accountability for their choices and actions, and use our past mistakes as a valuable lesson. However, it is crucial to remember that the United States and Britain's actions should not be overlooked or forgiven.

[@haiynuts]

agreed the EU & USA has put the middle east in turmoil it’s almost out of the hole tho

[@shockwave2291]

Maybe, but in the end it was a revolution led by the Iranian people (not just Islamists, but many factions across the spectrum) against a previous dictatorship under the Shah that was also backed by all those Western countries. Furthermore, Iran used to be quite democratic in the 50's but their government was overthrown by the US and Britain to install the Shah as dictator so the West could ransack the country. The 1979 revolution is justified because Iranians wanted self-determination and independence, something they did not have before 1979, even if it is under a Theocratic dictatorship right now. What's important today is that the West stays out of Iran's affairs (which they are currently not doing).

[@rupertred7434]

Are you crazy??? It’s still in a whole war is rampant

[@mikeg2491]

⁠@@shockwave2291the Shah assumed the throne in 1941, read a timeline.

[@shockwave2291]

@@mikeg2491 Did you forget the 1953 coup that overthrew the democratically elected PM Mohammad Mosaddegh? I think YOU should read a timeline. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat

[@nm1978]

Sean Connery said he looks like him.

[@roddyboethius1722]

Facts

[@narenga4775]

both are jewish

[@akh721]

What

[@hamidmohamadzade1920]

The translation of Farsi words is very incomplete

[@MiC-T]

No questions about the tweezer embargo.

[@alexparsa7765]

He ruined irans’s dignity and society

[@fastfreddy7890]

خاک تو سرت.

[@AmirPris]

Fake attitude.

[@AlAl-en9ce]

@@fastfreddy7890 خفه

[@AlAl-en9ce]

@Blue Shorts TV no he was a criminal and a dictator

[@nostalgia545]

The worst part of it all is that these Iranians went into the streets and heard these dumb statements from Khomeini but they still choose to support this guy over the Shah