She was touched by his concern and was a changed person from then on. Once Russian foreign minister, Sheverdnadze, was sent by Prime Minister Gorbachev with a letter for the Imam. Such was the Imam's spell, Sheverdnadze sat silently for a long time, unable to utter a word. Imam Khomeini asked the women to participate in all affairs of the nation with Hijab. Today we see women working in hotels, banks, airports and museums, of course in Hijab.
Women are even ministers in the government.
But just after a brief chat the Imam walked out of the room. He came back after some time. They later found that he went out for mid-night prayers. After the Islamic Revolution, the new Islamic Government offered him a palace-like house to live. But the Imam chose to stay in the small rented house in the subrubs of Teheran.