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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1989
Page
3
Iranians wailed and beat chests as Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died, while a fractured leadership named Ali Khamenei to head a caretaker government. The regime faced turmoil and strong anti US sentiment persisted after Khomeini’s long rule.
Paul Lewis a former Marine guard among 51 embassy workers held 444 days at the U S Embassy in Tehran said he holds Khomeini responsible for the hostage crisis but finds no joy in his death. Tehran radio said Khomeini died in Tehran hospital after surgery and bleeding.
Iraqi residents greeting the death of Ayatollah Khomeini say they do not celebrate a death but mark the end of a decade of war. They view him as the main obstacle to peace talks stalled since the August cease-fire. Western analysts estimate about one million people were killed in the Iran Iraq conflict. Khomeini, 86, died late Saturday in a hospital.
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