Syrian politics meant that Syrian government would not accept him. Khomeini then considered going to Bahrain, India, Pakistan or Algeria, but his US-educated nationalist aide, Ebrahim Yazdi, argued that Khomeini should move to the West because of the greater communication opportunities offered there, with Paris offering the best option for communication with the world of his revolutionary message. On October 11, 1978, after Khomeini was moved to Neauphle-le-Château outside Paris, France. From the advantages this decision was to keep faraway clerics and Ulama. Citiation in France such as some communication facilities and political atmosphere make more efficient relation with people in Iran. In France, because of journalists and the press, and support and approval of the UK and the US foreign policies and their lack of trust in Shah to support their long-term interest, Khomeini's speeches were published rapidly in global media. Khomeini wanted to people that continued protests against the government. Between August and December 1978, strikes and demonstrations paralyzed Iran, so that the Shah left the country for exile on 16 January 1979, as the last Persian monarch, leaving his duties to a regency council and an opposition-based prime minister, Shapour Bakhtiar. Return from exile On Thursday, 1 February 1979, Ruhollah Khomeini was invited back to Iran by the government and returned to Iran. See also Ideocracy Ruhollah Khomeini Ruhollah Khomeini's letter to Mikhail Gorbachev Ruhollah Khomeini's residency (Jamaran) References Ruhollah Khomeini Iranian emigrants to France Iranian emigrants to Iraq Iranian emigrants to Turkey