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The Iranian revolution (Persian: انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân [ʔeɴɢeˌlɒːbe ʔiːɾɒːn]), also known as the 1979 revolution, or the Islamic revolution of 1979 (انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī) [4] was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979.
The Iranian revolution was the Shia Islamic revolution that replaced the secular monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with a theocratic Islamic Republic led by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
March 30 and 31 : National referendum held on whether Iran should become an "Islamic Republic". [2] March 30: Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and his family arrives in the Bahamas from Morocco. [34] April 1: 98.2% of votes tallied are in favor of an Islamic republic. Islamic republic established. April 17: Revolt in Naqadeh. [44]
Iran threatened to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic. The Islamic Revolution began with widespread unrest in Iran over the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The ...
The Islamic Republic of Iran began with the Iranian Revolution. The first major demonstrations to overthrow Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi began in January 1978. [ 81 ] The new theocratic Constitution—whereby Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country—was approved in December 1979.
The priest and the king: an eyewitness account of the Iranian revolution. I.B. Tauris. Harris, David (2004). The Crisis: the President, the Prophet, and the Shah — 1979 and the Coming of Militant Islam. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316323949. Hoveyda, Fereydoun (2003). The Shah and the Ayatollah: Iranian mythology and Islamic revolution. Praeger.
A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in Iran on 30 and 31 March 1979. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini did not allow an open referendum, insisting that the Iranian population had chosen an "Islamic Republic" already by demonstrating against the Shah.
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.