Similar words: pay attention, pay attention to, toll, haematology, holland, collar, collate, collapse. Meaning: n. a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as an authority on religious law and its interpretation and who has political power as well.
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(1) The Ayatollah described the earthquake in Iran as a divine test.
(2) From 1960 to 1970, Ayatollah Mohsen al-Hakim reigned supreme among the Shi'ites of Iraq, Iran and elsewhere.
(3) After all, fanatic ayatollahs and born-again Christians eager for the Rapture set no encouraging example.
(4) In his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei criticized Western governments over their reaction to the election.
(5) Speaking in the holy city of Mashhad Saturday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the United States is using "the slogan of change, " but that he sees no real change in U. S. policy toward Iran.
(6) In fact he had been sidelined by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader.
(7) Ayatollah Montazeri was a close ally of Ayatollah Khomeini and was at one time viewed as his successor as supreme leader.
(8) Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami denounced Karroubi's rape allegations during a sermon at Tehran's main Friday prayer service and called for him to be prosecuted.
(9) Ayatollah Khamenei has never attacked him or Mousavi by name, but always referred to them as "leaders of sedition", a term now now routinely used to describe opposition leaders.
(10) But Iran's judiciary chief , Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, said the Iraqi actedwell in approving the pact.
(11) Ayatollah Khomeini is welcomed back into Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
(12) The ayatollah was considered a relative moderate among the Shi'ite leadership, and he was sometimes criticized for allowing his followers to cooperate with the U.S. administration of Iraq.
(13) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei approved Mr. Ahmadinejad's presidency at an official ceremony Monday in Tehran.
(14) Now's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sought to restrain his followers.
(15) Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would indorse , who endorsed the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as has said those who continue the protests to protest would be responsible for the consequences.
(16) The occasion , in February 2009, was the 30 th anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini's takeover.
(17) Iranian soldiers in camouflage suits parade for National Army Day before the mausoleum of the late revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, near the capital Tehran.
(18) Its last monarch, Shah Reza Pahlavi, was overthrown in 1979, but he was replaced by yet another autocrat, the Ayatollah Khomeini.
(19) And then we findthat the White House is selling arms to the Ayatollah.
(20) "Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake. " – Ayatollah Khomeini.
(21) Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by Lebanese Shiite clerics inspired by the Islamic revolutionary ideology of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini.
(22) There was a further twist yesterday when it was announced that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had ordered the guardian council to investigate claims of election fraud.
(23) The defining characteristic of the Iranian elite since the death of Ayatollah Khomeini has been its fear of youth.
(24) The Islamic Revolution of 1979, moreover, had roots going back to 1960–4, when riots against the shah swept the country and Ayatollah Khomeini and many other activists were exiled.
(25) The American hostages in Iran had been held by the Ayatollah Khomeini for almost a year.
(26) "They want to turn opposition activity into a civil society movement that operates within the law, " said Baqer Moin, biographer of Ayatollah Khomeini. Sentencedict.com
(27) Will the Muslim Brotherhood Prove to Be Egypt's Version of Ayatollah Khomeini?
(28) Its last monarch, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, was overthrown in 1979 but replaced by yet another autocrat, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
(29) After more than a year of political struggle between different groups, an Islamic republic was established under the Ayatollah Khomeini by popular vote.
(30) Most dramatically, the position of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , has been sorely undermined.
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