Bandar Imam Khomeini (Persian بندرامام خمینی) is a port city on the Persian Gulf in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Before the 1979 Iranian Revolution, it was known as Bandar Shahpur. It is named after Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini. Persian (known variously as: فارسی Fârsi, local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, پارسی Pârsi, older, local name still used by some speakers, Tajik, a Central Asian dialect, or Dari, another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan) is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia... Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Map of the Persian Gulf. ... Map showing Khuzestan in Iran Domes like this are quite common in Khuzestan province. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... Ayatollah (Arabic: آية الله; Persian: آيت‌الله) is a high rank given to major Shia clerics. ... Ayatollah Khomeini founded the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Khomeini (Persian: آیت‌الله روح‌الله خمینی Arabic: روح الله الخميني ) (birth May 17, 1900, death June 3, 1989) was an Iranian Shia Muslim cleric, and the political and spiritual leader of the 1979 Islamic Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last...

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• Bandar Imam (Imam Khomeini Port) Photo Gallery from the Khuzestan Governorship