When did Imam return to homeland after years of exile?

Why did Shah regime send Mostafa Khomeini to exile?

Extracted from a collection of memoirs about Imam

Imam Khomeini's decades long struggle and exile for Islamic Revolution

Imam passed night in complete tranquility even during military rule by Shah regime remnants.

A memoir by Hujjatal Islam Ashtiyani

Weather conditions could never prevent Imam from reciting Ziarat-e-Ashura on rooftop

A memoir by Imam’s domestic servant known as Jafar Mashhadi

The Day the Shah fled

A memoir by Haj Ahmed Agha khomeini – Imam's son

On 16 January 1979, Shah had fled Iran

On 16 January 1979, the Shah had fled Iran by leaving his duties to a Shapour Bakhtiar. Imam Khomeini returned to Tehran to a greeting by several million Iranians.

People’s vigorous support for Imam Khomeini forced Shah to flee Iran