theatlantic: Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah On this day in 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home after 14 years in exile. This morning, the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran reenacted the very important moment in their country’s history with a very bizarre ceremony — and a cardboard cut-out of Khomeini. Read more. [Image: Mehr News Agency]

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Iran Reenacts History With a Giant Cardboard Cut-Out Ayatollah

On this day in 1979, Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned home after 14 years in exile. This morning, the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran reenacted the very important moment in their country’s history with a very bizarre ceremony — and a cardboard cut-out of Khomeini. Read more.

[Image: Mehr News Agency]

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