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.

Any harm to Ayatollah Khamenei a declaration of war on Shias worldwide: Lebanese cleric

Vice chairman of the Lebanon's Supreme Islamic Shia Council has warned that any harm to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei would be considered a declaration of war against Shias worldwide.

Islamic government abolishes all types of dictatorship

Islamic government abolishes all types of dictatorship

Imam Khomeini: The values related to the government, community and politics are of the spiritual ...

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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.

How did Imam attach significance to will of the public?

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).