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Poster ID: CL51254 Original Title: Uncle Scam Wants You! - Penthouse ( Reagan & Khomeini ) Year of Poster: 1980s Category: Product/Newspapers, Books and Magazines Country of Poster: American Size: 45 x 30 in. Condition: Excellent Price: $350 Available: Yes Notes: Sayyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (روحاللّه مصطفوی موسوی خمینی, Persian pronunciation: [ruːholˈlɑːhe muːsæˈviːje xomeiˈniː], 22 or 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader — a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation – until his death.
He was named Man of the Year in 1979 by American newsmagazine TIME[10] for his international influence and has been described as the "virtual face of Islam in Western popular culture." He was known for his support of the hostage takers during the Iran hostage crisis and his fatwa calling for the death of British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie.
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