Throwback Thursday: Iran, Israel, and the U.S. in 1979

On January 14, 1979, in the midst of the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran talked with "Face the Nation" about Iran's evolving relationship with the U.S. and Israel.

[benmckay]

Journalists: "How dare you!"
Khomeini: "Deal with it"

[angelarakestraw]

Khomeini in the interview: I will have no role in the new government.
Khomeini after the 1979 revolution: I am the Supreme Leader of Iran.

[l_farhadi]

This is a man who beat the shah and america then attacked Iraq a year later and won 🦁

[lovethyself]

He makes the journalists sit down too ahah

[hodair]

I am Brazilian and this man was my idol when I was a teenager in a country far from Iran. Somehow I knew he was selling a higher soul and that he left a testament of deep love for the poorest and most oppressed people in the world.
I hope one day I can visit his mausoleum in Tehran and pay my respects.

[LoganSewell]

Oliver Cromwell was reincanated as a man who subscribes to the Islamic faith.

[puffminister]

people keep saying that, iran had deals with israel for weapons. They only had those connections, because shah at the time had the relation

[comradenumber]

This man is a hero and a freedom fighter.

[salamyaya]

It's funny because that hundreds of Israeli technicians were in Iran during the war with Iraq, Israel also supplied weapons to Iran.

[Sunshinepati]

J’adore ces archives - ça permet de re recontextualiser ..

[rmob]

He had them boys sitting on the floor like they were playing duck duck gooz

[princehmg]

The irony is that this interview was filmed in France! He travelled back to Iran on board an Air France flight!

A few days later, France allegedly became his enemy!!!
😂

[Busra-tvid]

Türkiye'den Rehber'e bin selam ❤
Sen gerçekten onlar için büyük bir nimettin ve kıymetini biliyorlar. Size çok özeniyorum. ❤❤

[jabukasurmanidze]

In a country with such resources and minerals as Iran, there should not be hardship, poverty and corruption. This was done by Khomeini's brutal regime. The time will come when Iran will be a free, prosperous and strong state.

[daniellocke]

This man was a big threat to the united states allies in the middle east and the rest of the world

[shukran]

Long live the Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷

[adnan-tb]

0:00 Spiritual illumination is pouring from his face and looks

[zfr]

I love Imam Khomeini very much, for he built a state, and he is a man of peace and was able to shoot down American helicopters without any weapon by using only supplication to God. There is a lot of fake media about this man. He is a man of dignity and he rid Iran of the unjust king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

[editass]

I believe all tha real man stories after seeing this ❤

[Khabib-zw]

This man embarrass carter, a wise spiritual man very charismatic talker,