Jubilant supporters celebrate Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Khomeini's return to Tehran on February 1st, 1979. After over 14 years of exile, the absentee leader of the Iranian revolution returned to Iran from France and was greeted by several million supporters. He arrived two weeks after the Shah fled the country. Tehran, IRAN - February 1, 1979