The US ambassador to Iran believed Sharif Emami made a mistake that more than any other of his mistakes contained lack of realism and sound judgment. He believed that since Imam Khomeini’s presence in the religious city of Najaf was as pain in the Shah’s neck, if he was removed from that city it would damage the plans of Imam Khomeini’s followers. He believed that since Imam Khomeini would make contact with Iranian pilgrims in Iraq and give them his tape records, he if was removed from the area it would make him less accessible to followers.
News ID: 64 Publish Date : 2015/10/06
Starting late August 1978, Imam Khomeini’s house in Iraq was under siege by Iraqi security forces. The Iraqi Ba’ath party forces would prevent people from visiting him. The situation led Imam Khomeini to decide to leave, which he did in the very October. The book “Imam Khomeini’s Journey to Paris until Return to Iran” published by the Islamic Revolution Documents Center, Imam Khomeini’s son Ahmad related the journey.
News ID: 4 Publish Date : 2016/12/12