And it was from this stage and station that he guided the most critical period of the movement in Iran.A large number of common people and intellectuals around the globe became familiar with the Imam Khomeini’s ideals and dynamic thought and his uprising.
Imam Khomeini managed the Islamic movement successfully during his historic stay in Nofel Lashato. The Shah regime collapsed due to Imam's wise and insightful guidance and strategy.
In a message addressed to Iranian nation he mentioned the reasons for his flight, “Now that I’m forced to leave adjacency of Imam Ali (PBUH) and do not see my hands free in Islamic territories to serve you the oppressed nation who are attacked by foreigners and their affiliates, and in a situation that they had stopped me from entering Kuwait while I had visa, I fly to France.
In 1978 and while Islamic movement of Iranian people led by Imam Khomeini had reached its culmination, the Shah’s regime, disappointed at compromising with Imam Khomeini, tried some political measures to limit his activities or deport him from Iraq.