Khomeini held the title of Grand Ayatollah and is officially known as Imam Khomeini inside Iran and by his supporters internationally.He is generally referred to as Ayatollah Khomeini by others.In Iran, his gold-domed tomb in Tehrān’s Behesht-e Zahrāʾ cemetery has become a shrine for his supporters,and he is legally considered “inviolable”, with Iranians regularly punished for insulting him.
