The French village where Ayatollah Khomeini fomented Iran's revolution

But the inhabitants of Neauphle-le-Chateau have still not got over their famous guest, as the US-Israeli war against Iran puts the spotlight back on the ayatollah's legacy. Khomeini, the original spiritual guide of Iran's modern theocracy, spent barely 120 days ensconced in a villa in the village 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of the French capital, before returning in a blaze of publicity to complete the ousting of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in the Iranian Revolution in early 1979. Andre...