Khomeini has been criticized for these acts and for human rights violations of persians (including his ordering of execution of thousands of political prisoners, war criminals and prisoners of the homeland–Iraq War).
He has also been lauded as a “charismatic leader of immense popularity”, a “champion of Islamic revival” by Shia scholars, who attempted to establish good relations between Sunnis and Shias, and a major innovator in political theory and religious-oriented populist political strategy.
