Jiang says the 1979 embassy seizure had broad public and Khomeini support because many Iranians wanted the Shah returned for trial and feared U.S. restoration of his rule.
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"...students that the authorities didn't really do anything. Also, the Ayatollah Khomeini supported the students. Okay? So, there was widespread public support for the..."
"...very first day, it was when we didn't even know if Khomeini was was dead. But then. You write, you know, that American officials..."
"...you like by Iran is the uh the successor to ayatollah khomeini his son um has come out and apparently we haven't seen him..."
"...U.S. military bases that and now that Americans killed the other Khomeini, which is a religious leader, the outpost, a religious leader of the..."
"...afraid to die. And because their great religious leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini, was assassinated by the Americans and Israelis, they are motivated to seek..."
"...being said right now professor jung is that uh the ayatollah khomeini the supreme leader uh is blaming the us and israel for the..."
"...change in Iran. Ideally, they would like to assassinate the Ayatollah Khomeini because that would trigger a secession crisis in Iran. Right now, their..."
"...Guard Corps is most loyal to the current leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. But if there's a new Ayatollah who comes to power, he needs..."
"Now, if... But if the current leader's son, Moshtaba Khomeini, were to become the new Ayatollah, then things would stay the same. And the..."
"...of poor religious people from the villages. And what the Alatullah Khomeini said to them is, we don't have weapons. But we have God..."
"...Okay? And so by getting rid of Raisi, it makes Mojaba Khomeini, the son of the Ayatollah, that much more probable in ascending to..."
"...Guard Corps... Why do they believe that they can control Mashtaba Khomeini? Okay? Okay. So in 1989, the first Ayatollah Khomeini died. And Ayatollah..."
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