As Khomeini arrived in Paris in Autumn of 1978, sitting under that Tree in Paris, with all the world’s press..
It was September 1978; time to go back to College. This time, my parents did not go back to Iran after the summer. One evening on BBC1 News, after seeing Khomeini sitting under a tree in Paris, we watched Top of the Pops.
Ian Dury was Number 1 in the English Charts, singing “What a Waste”.
At one point He said: ” i could be a catalyst that sparks the revolution….”