At the same time, events that made up both the crisis and its resolution were the Iran hostage crisis, the invasion of Iran by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, and the presidency of Abolhassan Banisadr.Khomeini told questioners that “the religious dignitaries do not want to rule.”Some observers believe “what began as an authentic and anti-dictatorial popular revolution based on a broad coalition of all anti-Shah forces was soon transformed into an Islamic fundamentalist power-grab,”that except for his core supporters, the members of the coalition thought Khomeini intended to be more of a spiritual guide than a ruler.