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An article entitled "Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was published in the newspaper Ettela'at attacking Ruhollah Khomeini, then in exile in Iraq.

Iran and Red and Black Colonization

1978 newspaper article attacking Ruhollah Khomeini

"Iran and Red and Black Colonization" was an article written by "Ahmad Rashidi Motlagh" published in Ettela'at newspaper on 7 January 1978. The article was used to attack Ruhollah Khomeini, who later founded the Islamic Republic of Iran. It led to the 1978 Qom protest.
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Ettela'at

Iranian daily newspaper

Ettela'at is a Persian-language daily newspaper of record published in Tehran, Iran. It is among the oldest publications in the country, and the oldest running Persian daily newspaper in the world. The paper has a conservative stance, and focuses on political, cultural, social,…
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Ruhollah Khomeini

Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989

Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian cleric, politician, political theorist, and revolutionary who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its first supreme leader from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the main leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew…
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