Khomeini died a few months later. The revolution, no longer at risk, still revels in having repeatedly, with impunity, defied the American Satan. Yet Khomeini rejected a parallel between his doctrines and the fundamentalism propounded by other Muslim dissidents. He never described himself as fundamentalist. He often said that Islam is not for 14 centuries ago in Arabia but for all time.
Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran.
Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.