Khomeini Recovering From Digestive Surgery
NICOSIA, Cyprus —
Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini left his hospital bed today for the first time since undergoing surgery and rested on a chair, Tehran Radio quoted his doctors as saying.
A medical bulletin read on the radio said Khomeini, 89, was recovering “very well” and the Tuesday operation had controlled bleeding in his digestive tract.
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