This memoir has been narrated by Imam Khomeini’s elder brother, Ayatollah Pasandideh, who said that Shah regime had put severe restrictions on movement of Imam after freeing him from jail in 1960s.
They once again had put Imam under house arrest and did not allow Imam’s followers, fellows and even family members to meet him.
He recalled that streets leading to Imam’s house were blocked in Qom by Shah intelligence officers and forces.
It was because the Pahlavi Shah regime was becoming increasingly scared of Imam Khomeini’s growing popularity among public and masses.
The great leader of the Muslim world was becoming so popular among public, elites, clergymen, academic and among all walks of life.
Imam’s growing popularity across Iran and other parts of the globe was seen as a threat to Shah monarchial regime.
Reports indicate that wherever Imam used to go, people used to arrange a massive welcome parade and he was greeted by masses in major cities including Tehran, Qom and several other cities.
The Shah regime agents imprisoned Imam, put him under house arrest and sent him into exile during and 1960s.
In 1962, Khomeini was arrested by the shah's forces for his outspoken opposition to the pro-Western regime of the Shah. In 1964, he was exiled, living in Turkey, Iraq and then France, from where he urged his supporters to overthrow the shah.
Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, established a comprehensive Islamic-democratic system following the victory of Islamic Revolution in 1979.
(Extracted from practical conduct of Imam Khomeini, Vol. 3 P. 134, edition 5th, Urouj publications)