Iranian emigrants to Turkey

Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian political revolutionary and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of the Iranian Revolution, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, ended the Pahlavi era, and transformed the country into an Islamic republic. As supreme leader, he implemented policies that came to be known as Khomeinism.

Iranian-American actor, producer and director

Turkish-Iranian sprinter (born 1991)

Iranian cleric

Iranian musician, poet, translator and writer (1925-2008)

Turkish illusionist (born 1989)

Khomeini's life in exile from 1964 to 1979