Ayatollah Khomeini's return to Iran in 1979 marked the advent of the world's first modern theocracy. His regime inspired Muslim fundamentalist movements and anti-western terrorist attacks around the world. It was the turning point that led to September 11th, and today’s escalating war between Islamists and the West. This one-hour documentary is the story of how a cleric usurped a populist uprising to put in place a repressive Islamic government, that continues to this day. Those closest to him, the people who helped bring him to power, explain how he manipulated them and events to seize control. In the end they were all betrayed. Khomeini’s Revolution is a powerful documentary that reveals the character of a man we should know intimately, if we want to understand how the world became embroiled in a war on terror.