Imam Khomeini returned triumphantly after US-backed Shah fled Iran

Only two weeks after the Shah fled Iran on January 16, 1979, Imam Khomeini returned to Iran triumphantly, on February 1, 1979, invited by the anti-Shah revolution which was already in progress.

Even going to prison did not affect Mostafa Khomeini’s resistance

Extracted from a series of memoirs about Imam

Shah's escape marked turning point in revolution victory under Imam Khomeini's wise leadership

The Shah fled the country on 26 Day (Janurary 16, 1979), two days after calling to meeting the Council of Monarchy and obtaining vote of confidence for Bakhtiar’s cabinet.

Imam Khomeini’s lecture series in Najaf laid out his ideas on Islamic governance

In early 1970 Imam Khomeini gave a lecture series in Najaf on Islamic Government which later was published as a book titled variously Islamic Government or Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists (velayat-e faqih).

Imam successfully monitored and led Islamic Revolution from exile

Imam Khomeini invites to refinement of soul, asceticism and piety

Imam Khomeini through his famous works "Combat with the Self" invites all, and especially the students of divinity, to refinement of the soul, asceticism and piety.

Imam firmly believed in political activism by clerics

Imam Khomeini’s writings revealed that he firmly believed from the beginning in political activism by clerics.

Imam Khomeini and Christmas in Neauphle-le-Château

During his exile in Neauphle-le-Château, France, in 1978, Imam Khomeini displayed a remarkable sense of humility and respect for his neighbors.