In Najaf, Khomeini had been a tired exile with no clear path home. Before his French sojourn, Khomeini’s name had barely appeared in the international media. In Neauphle-le-Château, over the course of a four-month stay, he would give 132 interviews and become the face of the revolution, recognized throughout the world. The seventy-six-year-old cleric was invigorated.
