Imam left no property except ancestral home

Just months after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Imam Khomeini declared his assets details and instructed other relevant government authorities to follow the suit.

Imam would fast in the month of Ramadhan in the 50 degree temperatures of Najaf

Hujjatal Islam Syed Hameed Rouhani

24 September 1978 reminds us of Imam’s migration from the holy city of Najaf to ...

Imam Khomeini library remains open until late night during Ramadan in Najaf

The library in the holy city of Najaf and the study center will remain open until post midnight for knowledge seekers, seminary students and researchers.

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.

Imam Khomeini spent over 14 years in exile

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). This was his most famous and influential work and laid out his ideas on governance (at that time):

Imam Khomeini conveyed his message from Neauphel-le Chateau on world stage

Neauphel-le Chateau a village in Paris outskirt, as Imam’s residence, changed into one of the most important centers of news making in the world

The chain of events that ended in February 1979 with the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime