"Variant: I shall kick their teeth in. I am appointing the government. I am appointing the government by the support of this nation!"
— Ruhollah Khomeini

January 1, 1970

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Speech at Behesht Zahra cemetery (1 February 1979), condemning the government of Shapour Bakhtiar