Editing Great Satan (section)

=== Lesser Satan (Soviet Union) ===
Khomeini called the [[Soviet Union]], the principal antagonist of the US during the [[Cold War]], the "'''Lesser Satan'''" because of its [[State atheism|atheistic]] [[Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|communist ideology]], and he said that Iran should support neither side of the [[Cold War]].<ref name="katz2010">{{cite book |title=The Iran Primer: Power, Politics, and U.S. Policy |publisher=United States Institute of Peace |editor=Wright, Robin B. |pages=186 |chapter=Iran and Russia |author=Katz, Mark N. |year=2010 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDgwl59s_hUC&pg=PA186 |isbn=978-1-60127-084-9 |access-date=2020-11-28 |archive-date=2024-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240904222222/https://books.google.com/books?id=MDgwl59s_hUC&pg=PA186#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>