The Iranian Revolution Of 1979
On February 11, 1979, the last of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s government collapsed, Iran’s armed forces declared neutrality — the last state force in the way of the revolution — and the interim prime minister fled the country: the revolution succeeded.
Uprising In Iran Since The Rise Of The Islamic Republic In 1979
On January 16, 1979, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his family left Iran for Egypt, telling the newly appointed Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar, “I give Iran into your care, yours and God’s.” A few weeks later, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile and within months, Iran was declared an Islamic Republic, the Islamic […]
