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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.
Islamic Revolution of Iran, Encarta (Archived 31 October 2009) The Iranian revolution, Britannica; Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy; The West's Role in the Shah's Overthrow; America's secret engagement with Khomeini; US had extensive contact with Ayatollah Khomeini before Iran revolution; Seeking Gandhi ...
Others (such as journalist Hooman Majd) believe fear of the government and security services was much more pervasive under the late Shah's regime, and that the Islamic Republic's intelligence services, "although sometimes as brutal as the Shahs', spend far less effort in policing free political expression", inside private spaces. [61]
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In Tehran, crowds ...
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.
The Islamic Republic Party was started by Khomeini lieutenant Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti and the Coalition of Islamic Societies within a few days of the Khomeini's arrival in Iran. It was made up of the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution (OMIR), merchants of the bazaar and "a large segment of the politically active clergy."
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]