1989 Death Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian ayatollah, dies at 89 1989 Event Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers $1M-$3M bounty on Salman Rushdie's death due to his novel, "Satanic Verses" 1979 Event Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
