Khomeini personally targeted the Shah, Carter, and Saddam

Evidence

The war can also be seen and has often been much presented as a clash of personalities. Khomeini himself seems very much to have seen it in that light, and is often quoted as having named as his principal adversaries the Shah, Pres­ ident Carter and Saddam Hussein. He swore that before his death he would get rid of all three of them. Two out of three was not a bad score. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 1606

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Category: Factual Claims

• CANDY: “Two out of three was not a bad score” is a witty, standalone one-liner about Khomeini’s vendetta list.