The hit that could have changed history: The Mossad's fateful refusal to assassinate Khomeini
INTEL. AFFAIRS: Mossad agent testimonies reveal how Israel rejected a Jan. 1979 plea from Iran's collapsing regime to assassinate Ayatollah Khomeini – consequently enabling the Islamic Revolution.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini delivers a final address at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on January 31, 1979, before boarding the Air France jet that would return him to Tehran.(photo credit: Marcel Binh/AFP via Getty Images)BySIMON KEJZMANUpdated:
