Once he said in an interview that he never forgets what Imam Khomeini always said and it was: "By the remembrance of Allah Hearts are assured". (Al-Ra'd:28)
According to his remarks while Imam Khomeini was living in exile in France, he was the only person who got closest to him and whom he trusted.
Scholl-Latour’s reports also included a 1973 TV documentary shot during eight days of captivity by the Vietcong He remained active until recently as a writer and TV pundit, known for his deep knowledge and caustic wit.
Latour, Imam khomeini's closest confidant died in Paris this weekend. German news agency dpa cited Scholl-Latour's publisher Ullstein saying he died Saturday at his home in Rhoendorf, near Bonn.
Scholl-Latour, whose reporting from far-flung places made him one of post-war Germany's most famous foreign correspondents, has died at 90.
Born to Franco-German parents in 1924, Scholl-Latour tried unsuccessfully to join the French and Yugoslav resistance against the Nazis during World War II.
After the war he became a newspaper and broadcast correspondent, traveling extensively throughout Asia, Africa and the Middle East.