Demonstrators carry Khomeini pictures on Feb. 4, 1979 in Tehran in peaceful demonstration. (AP Photo/Campion)

Islamic Fundamentalist cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, center, waves to followers as he appears on the balcony of his headquarters in Tehran, Iran, on Friday, Feb. 2, 1979, the second day of his return from exile. Thousands jammed surrounding streets to get a view of the Ayatollah. (AP Photo/Campion)

Iran's Moslem Shiite leader Ayatollah Khomeini during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1, 1979, shortly after his return to Iran after a prolonged exile. (AP Photo)

Ayatollah Khomeini addresses an audience in the airport building in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 1, 1979, after his arrival from 14 years of exile. (AP Photo)

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, center, is surrounded by followers, Feb. 1, 1979, after his arrival at Mehrabad Airport after 14 years of exile. (AP Photo)

The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran's exiled religious leader, speaks on Jan. 25, 1979, at a news conference following morning prayers. Through an interpreter he told newsmen that he was postponing his return to Tehran because of the Iranian Army's closure of the airports. (AP Photo)

Jan 13, 1979; Tehran, Iran; AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI (1900-1989), founded the first modern Islamic republic, became a Shi'a Muslim religious leader, and was the 1979 'Time Magazine's', Man of the Year, pictured after 15 years of exile. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jan 02, 1979; Tehran, Iran; AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI (1900-1989), founded the first modern Islamic republic, became a Shi'a Muslim religious leader, and was the 1979 'Time Magazine's', Man of the Year, pictured after 15 years of exile. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Picture of exiled Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini overshadows huge anti-Shah demonstration at the Shayah monument commemorating 25 years of the monarch's rule and symbol of his power, Dec. 10, 1978, in Tehran. An estimated one million people filed peacefully through the city chanting support for their spiritual leader, and calling for the end of the Shah's rule. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)

Nov 01, 1978 - Neauphle-le-Chateau, France - Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (RUHOLLAH MUSSAWI HENDI), the dour cleric who led an Islamic revolution in Iran, perceived himself above all as an avenger of the humiliations that the West had for more than a century inflicted on the Muslims of the Middle East. Ruhollah Khomeini - his given name means "inspired of God" - was among many Muslim autocrats in this century to embrace a mission designed as a corrective to the West. Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. PICTURED: Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI in France where he lived in exile. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Nov 01, 1978 - Neauphle-le-Chateau, France - Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (RUHOLLAH MUSSAWI HENDI), the dour cleric who led an Islamic revolution in Iran, perceived himself above all as an avenger of the humiliations that the West had for more than a century inflicted on the Muslims of the Middle East. Ruhollah Khomeini - his given name means "inspired of God" - was among many Muslim autocrats in this century to embrace a mission designed as a corrective to the West. Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. PICTURED: Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI in France where he lived in exile. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Nov 01, 1978 - Neauphle-le-Chateau, France - Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (RUHOLLAH MUSSAWI HENDI), the dour cleric who led an Islamic revolution in Iran, perceived himself above all as an avenger of the humiliations that the West had for more than a century inflicted on the Muslims of the Middle East. Ruhollah Khomeini - his given name means "inspired of God" - was among many Muslim autocrats in this century to embrace a mission designed as a corrective to the West. Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. PICTURED: Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI in France where he lived in exile. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Feb 01, 1978 - Teheran, Iran - Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (RUHOLLAH MUSSAWI HENDI), the dour cleric who led an Islamic revolution in Iran, perceived himself above all as an avenger of the humiliations that the West had for more than a century inflicted on the Muslims of the Middle East. Ruhollah Khomeini - his given name means "inspired of God" - was among many Muslim autocrats in this century to embrace a mission designed as a corrective to the West. Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. PICTURED: Iranian revolution - Khomeini's devotees celebrating his comeback to Iran. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Jan 01, 1975 - Teheran, Iran - Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI (RUHOLLAH MUSSAWI HENDI), the dour cleric who led an Islamic revolution in Iran, perceived himself above all as an avenger of the humiliations that the West had for more than a century inflicted on the Muslims of the Middle East. Ruhollah Khomeini - his given name means "inspired of God" - was among many Muslim autocrats in this century to embrace a mission designed as a corrective to the West. Khomeini's strategy was to reject Western ways, keeping Iran close to its Islamic roots. PICTURED: Ayatullah RUHOLLAH KHOMEINI praying. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine