a. In 1979, when the Shah fled Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in which country? b. In which country did the Shah die in July,1980?

The climax of the Iranian Revolution in early 1979 saw two leaders on opposite trajectories. After more than 14 years in exile, first in Turkey and Iraq, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini spent his final months before his return in Neauphle-le-Château, a quiet suburb of Paris. From this unlikely base in France, he orchestrated the revolution from afar, smuggling recorded sermons and political instructions into Iran on cassette tapes. Following the Shah's departure, Khomeini made his triumphant return to Tehran in February 1979.

Meanwhile, the ailing Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, became an international fugitive of sorts, seeking refuge in a series of countries including Morocco, the Bahamas, and Mexico. His decision to travel to the United States for cancer treatment in late 1979 directly triggered the Iran Hostage Crisis, as enraged student revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

After leaving the U.S. and a brief stay in Panama, the Shah was finally granted asylum by his longtime ally, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. While many world leaders kept their distance, Sadat welcomed the deposed monarch. The Shah lived out his final months in Cairo, where he died from complications of lymphoma in July 19