Early Political Activity In this time he could represent his religious-political ideas openly. Because the deaths of the leading, although quiescent, Shia religious leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Borujerdi (1961), and of the activist cleric Ayatollah Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1962) left the arena of leadership open to Imam Khomeini, who had attained a prominent religious standing by the age of 60.
Imam Khumaini, sanadiyyar irin sanya ido kan yanayin da al'umma da makarantar Hawzar take ciki, da kuma karance-karance litattafa, jaridu da mujallu da kuma ziyarar da yake kai wa Tehran da ganawa da manyan malamai irin su Ayatullah Mudarris, ya fahimci cewa hanya guda ta magance mummunan yanayin da ake ciki bayan rashin nasarar yunkurin tsarin mulki musamman bayan darewar mulkin Ridha Khan ita ce taka tsantsan din makarantar Hawza, da tabbatar da alaka ta ruhi tsakanin malamai da al'umma.