I was surprised to hear this, since Khomeini was so commonly referred to as "Ayatollah" in the media. Wikipedia[0] still says his title was "Grand Ayatollah,"

I was surprised to hear this, since Khomeini was so commonly referred to as "Ayatollah" in the media. Wikipedia[0] still says his title was "Grand Ayatollah," but what appears to be his official memorial web site[1] calls him "Imam Khomeini." (Unrelated, but interesting to consider he was only in power for about 10 years, and has been dead for more than 30.) [0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini [1]: http://en.imam-khomeini.ir/en/n3733/Imam/Who_is_Imam_khomeini/ http://en.imam-khomeini.ir/en/n3733/Imam/Who_is_Imam_khomein...